Sep
23
For parents, there is nothing more heartwarming than the smile on the face of their child. The innocent smile helps the parents to share a priceless moment with their kids. However this act of smile can be quite painful for few children. The reason is that they are born with cleft-lip. This takes away the …
Sep
05
Nur, a wonderfully outgoing 5 year arrived for surgery in Nurture Hospital Center for Paralyzed in Chittagong, Bangladesh with her most favorite persons, her parents. Nur is one of four children from a remote village in the Chittagong District who has lived with a cleft lip all of her life. Bapon Saha, from Touching Souls …
Feb
01
Thousands of children are born in Bangladesh with cleft-lip and cleft–pallet. These children are unable to eat and speak properly. But what causes trauma is the fact that they face social isolation. Although these facial birth defects can be easily cured through surgery in an economically backward country with low levels of literacy it leads …
Dec
28
One year old Moslima of Patgram, Rangpur, Bangladesh was born with cleft lip. After her birth, family members and neighbors were blaming Moslima’s mom for this. They were blaming her mom, saying she had committed some big crime or sin that her daughter was born with such cleft deformities. On July of 2009, Moslima got …
Dec
11
Seven year old Rupali of Rangpur, Bangladesh was born with cleft lip. Most of her family members says that, Zarina Begum, Rupali’s mom has committed sins and that’s why Rupali has a cleft lip. In the school and playground, no one wants to play or be a friend of Rupali. The kids around her always …
Sep
21
5 year old Shahajan’ mother Amena Begum of Patgram, Rangpur, Bangladesh always thought that she had committed some big crime or sin that her son was born with such cleft deformities because of which he was unable to speak properly and had faced social discrimination. Shahajan did not have any friends in the playground and …
Aug
09
Ten year old Sajem was born with cleft lip. Most of his friends used to treat him badly for his look. Even eating and drinking any liquids it used to embarrass him very much, because the liquid used to slide over his lips, which was not a pleasant seen at all. From his very early …
May
24
Cleft -lip and cleft -pallet is a major problem in developing countries like Bangladesh. The people with cleft -lip and cleft -palletare unable to eat or speak properly for which they have to face an isolated life filled with pain and shame for not being socially acceptable. Touching Souls International offers free cleft-lip and cleft- …
