El Salvador 2019 – Day 4

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 – Spotlight on Two Volunteers Photography by : Ellise Nicole Photography Written by : Susan Armstrong Today is Day 3 of Operations. The surgeons operated on ten patients from ages 3 to 30. Surgeries included several cleft palate repairs...

El Salvador 2019 – Day 3

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 – Establishing a Rhythm Photography by : Ellise Nicole Photography Written by : Susan Armstrong By day 3, El Salvador Austin Smiles volunteers have gotten into a rhythm. We operated on eleven new patients today, from cleft lip repair to...

El Salvador 2019 – Day 2

El Salvador. Monday, February 11, 2019 Photography by : Ellise Nicole Photography Written by : Susan Armstrong What an amazing day. Austin Smiles (AS) performed ten surgeries today: five lip repairs and five palates. The youngest surgery was on three-month old...

El Salvador 2019 – Day 1

Photography by : Ellise Nicole Photography Written by : Susan Armstrong Thirty plus Austin Smiles volunteers headed to Hospital Militar Central this morning at 7:30 AM for triage day – our first day at the hospital. Approximately 50 families from all over El...