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Our first cleft palate surgery
Four years after our cleft fund opened, a nine-month-old boy had his operation and was home for Christmas Eve.
GIFT opened its cleft palate fund in 2020, but Covid meant the surgery could not be planned face to face. In December 2024 the fund paid for its first operation.
The patient was a nine-month-old boy cared for in a Nairobi home for abandoned children. The operation went well, and he was discharged on Christmas Eve. He has since been adopted.
Thank you to everyone who gave to the cleft fund and waited patiently for this day. Read about the cleft palate programme, or give to the fund.