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Thank You from LWB’s Chairman of the Board

Posted on May 7, 2024

What a wonderful week we spent in Antigua during our 2024 Guatemala Cleft Mission Trip. Such a beautiful place and such kind and loving people. I have had the weekend to reflect on last week’s cleft surgeries and the team who made them possible. Over 50 wonderful new smiles. Over 50 mothers with tears of […]

Our 2024 Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Three of Surgery

Posted on May 2, 2024

Hola from the wonderful charity hospital in Antigua, Guatemala where LWB is holding its 2024 cleft surgery trip. Today was a very full day of surgeries, with 12 children going through our operating rooms. One of the happiest babies of the day was 5-month-old Jimmy, who had charmed everyone on intake day. Jimmy had a […]

Our 2024 Guatemala Cleft Trip: Surgeries Begin

Posted on April 30, 2024

Hola from the beautiful city of Antigua, Guatemala as we report on our first full day of cleft surgeries. Twelve beautiful children had their operations today, and our team loved getting to know each of the families more. First up on the schedule was tiny Gretal, who was Dr. Tollefson’s first patient of the week. […]

Our 2024 Guatemala Cleft Trip: Triage Day

Posted on April 29, 2024

On Sunday, we kicked off our second cleft surgery trip to Guatemala! The team welcomed close to 60 vulnerable children and their families for triage at the Obras Sociales Del Santo Hermano Pedro Hospital in the heart of beautiful and historic Antigua. Filled with hope, families journeyed from far away rural villages to bring their […]

LWB’s 2024 Guatemala Cleft Surgery Trip

Posted on April 25, 2024

At LWB, we have a deep commitment to helping some of the world’s most vulnerable children who have been born with cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip and palate cause many serious challenges such as difficulty feeding, poor growth and overall development, dental issues, frequent ear infections, hearing loss, and speech issues. Since 2004, we […]

20 Years of Hope: Hercules

Posted on December 28, 2023

All this year, as we have celebrated 20 Years of Hope — LWB’s 20th anniversary — we have been sharing updates on some of the wonderful children this community has impacted over the last two decades. Today, we look back on a little boy from China who has become very close to our hearts over […]

20 Years of Hope: Emily

Posted on December 14, 2023

While visiting an orphanage in southern China in 2021, LWB’s CEO and founder Amy Eldridge encountered an unforgettable 16-month old girl we called Emily. In her book, “The Heart of Community,” Amy writes, She was lying flat on her back in an old metal crib, with a blanket covering her body. She was incredibly tiny. […]

20 Years of Hope: Ting

Posted on November 9, 2023

In 2018, we first met Ting as a participant in our Life Skills Camp in Beijing, China. Our Life Skills Program focuses on older children who will soon be “aging out” of orphanage care in China. At the age of 18, Ting joined other young people to receive lessons on personal finance, self-esteem, career counseling, […]

Unite for Smiles: Cleft Repairs

Posted on October 10, 2023

Supporters of our Unite for Smiles campaign from early summer raised $25,000 for our Unity Initiative! So far, these funds have enabled 16 children in China to have cleft lip or palate surgeries at Gansu Provincial Hospital. These children are from rural families unable to afford the cost of cleft repair surgery on their own. […]

20 Years of Hope: Ruth

Posted on September 28, 2023

A beautiful little girl came into this world in the summer of 2017 in a rural community in eastern China. Sadly, at just a few weeks old, she was abandoned into orphanage care — most likely because she had been born with a cleft lip and palate. Thankfully, the director at this baby’s orphanage had […]

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