Our Story
(FACES) Foundation for the Advancement of Cleft Education & Services
The mission of FACES is to deliver comprehensive, high quality care for medically underserved patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, with services reaching beyond surgery, delivered in a locally sustainable manner, and accompanied by training and education for local care providers.
FACES Foundation is a registered non-profit organization 501(c)3.
Our EIN is 93-1326335
Meet the team!
FACES is supported year-round by a robust Board of Directors and a dedicated team of support staff. We value the compassion and expertise of these individuals.
Cleft Complications
Children all over the world are born with cleft lips and/or palates. Learn more about how unrepaired clefts complicate a child's development .
Annual Reports
FACES keeps careful records. If you want to learn more about the foundation in greater detail, take a look at our annual reports.
How we work
Process
Patient Evalutions
All patients are evaluated by a US Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon. The FACES surgeons host preliminary virtual evaluations and refers good surgical candidates to local pediatricians for further evaluation and pre-surgical work-up.
Hospital Partnership
The FACES Foundation has partnered with Hospital Belén of Lambayeque for 15 years. The hospital provides compassionate and competent medical professionals with specialties in pharmacy, nursing, laboratory, pediatrics, and social services.
Follow-up Care
Children who are born with both a cleft lip and a cleft palate need multiple surgeries. The FACES Surgical Team follows patients throughout their medical journey. This is why we return to the same town year after year. When necessary, patients are provided with speech therapy and referred to orthodontics.
