| YKPA staff meet people with various correctible physical problems, injuries or emotional problems. One of the organizations we partner with is the John
Fawcett Foundation in Bali who provide free surgerys. Usually these patients need transportation pre/post surgical support, and health education to successfully be treated. We also assist them and their families with overnight stays at our group home. Some patients or their family members need support or they would not have the surgery. |
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Cleft Palate
Ulih is 21 yrs old, and has had significant speech difficulties from her cleft palate birth defect. Her family could never afford surgery, |
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Cleft Palate
Visnhu is 12 yrs old. He was born with cleft palate and mild facial deformities, and has suffered from speech difficulties and ridicule. |
so she suffered with ridicule from other childen and diet restrictions. Ulih is a family member of a friend, and was looking for work in the city because of poverty in the village, but was having difficulty from her poor speech.
We counseled her, discussed surgery with her parents, helped her attend a screening exam at YKI, then supported her during and after surgery.
Months later we met her again. She happily related how her life, speech, food choices were much improved. We hope she continues on with a better life
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His parents could never pay for corrective surgery. He was shy and afraid to talk. Vishnu's parents and little brother needed transportation help from their rural Bali village. His father who delivers eggs by motorbike had a bare rear tire, and had to work every day. The Yayasan bought him a new tire so he could stay at the hospital the two nights, and we drove his wife and Vishnu to the Clinic in the city, then provided overnight stays after discharge from the hospital until Vishnu was able to ride a motorbike home.
Vishnu now must learn to talk better, and has hope for a better life.
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| Due to poverty and a poor government health system, there are many more people in Bali with untreated physical and emotional problems. |
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