Smile Train

Before

 In Zambia children who are born with deformaties are often forced to stay within their family compounds and are not supposed to be seen in public.  A wonderful doctor who works under 'Fly Spec' and teams with Smile Train flies around Zambia to perform these very important corrective surgeries so that people are given a new chance at life.  Our job as Peace Corps Volunteers is to link people in the rural areas to different service providers such as these.

We found 'Junior' in a village about 14 kilometers away from where we stay.  We were able to get him to a hospital where Dr. Goran would be to perform the surgery.  As you can see from the pictures it was a very successful procedure.

After