The Brits are Back

For Annie Hardwick and Liz Barker, both hailing from Merry, Old England – the annual Uplift Internationale mission is something they anxiously await. Annie is back for her 6th mission and Liz her seventh! They look after the Pre-op Ward with the help of local hospital staff. The ward and the adjioning hallway quickly filled up with Monday’s surgery patients […]

Monday – Mission Team Hits the Ground Running

The first surgeries were scheduled bright and early for 8am. Screenings continued of the remaining patients. This is different than at past missions. Usually surgeries did not begin until afternoon as screenings were performed Monday morning. All 14 surgeries performed were for repairs of cleft lips. There were 3 surgeons working and they performed 4-5 surgeries each during 10 hours. […]

Sunday Screening

The entire mission team made up of 32 volunteers arrived in Roxas City by Sunday afternoon 24 January to hospital halls packed with potential patients and their families. They had gathered early in anticipation of being selected as a patient for cleft lip and/or palate reparative surgery. The head of mission felt there was no sense in waiting until Monday […]

Travel to Philippines

Team Week One left Denver at 7:00 pm on Thursday, Jan 21st. From Denver, they flew to San Francisco, where they connected to their 14-hr flight to Taipei, Taiwan. After a 3-hour stop in this world class airport, it’s on to Manila. This is where the fun begins. The whole group has to collect personal and UI luggage, clear Customs, […]