In 2001, we met an 11 year-old girl named Ani living on the island of Pulau Weh. She was suffering with cleft lip and we decided to find a way to help her. Soon after, Ani received surgery and The Children of Sumatra charity was born. When Ani turned ...
Safiatuddin had his first operation in September 2007. When we met him in his village south of Banda Aceh, Safiatuddin was so severely malnourished that he was dangerously close to death. He weighed 3.5 kg when he was born but when we found him 3 ...
We first met Junadi when he was 5 years old. He was very sick and not strong enough to undergo surgery. He lived with us for more than a month while we restored him to good health. Junadi’s family are extremely poor and at this time Junadi’s father ...
Helida was 10 years old when we found her. We were so lucky to find her as she lives in one of the most remote villages we have yet encountered in Sumatra. Her parents are both farmers. They cannot read or write and they had no idea how to go about ...
Alex’s remarkable progress would not have been possible without the assistance of regular donations. He had lip and palate surgery in 2009 at the age of 13. Shortly after his operation Alex’s father died of cancer, leaving behind Alex and his four ...
Rodearni’s operation for her cleft deformity was in 2015 however she is experiencing more difficulties than just suffering from cleft lip and palate. We have discovered that she is also suffering from a syndrome called kabuki. This can affect her ...
Bobby was the first boy we ever helped back in 2002 and to this day he is still one of the most severe cases we have seen. He has been operated on twice both for his lip, palate and nose. Shortly after Bobby had his first operation, aged 5 years-old, ...
We first met Marles when he was 7 years-old. He was a very sick boy and was unable to have surgery due to Tuberculosis. Marles had never had the chance of surgery due to poverty so his lip and palate were still wide open causing much difficulty with ...
Sami Aji first came to our attention when he was 11 years-old. He was very sick and unable to have surgery. We got medical care for him straight away and discovered he had severe malnutrition and Tuberculosis. It took us a year to get him strong ...
Hotdian was found when he was 10 years old. His lip had already been repaired when he was aged 6 but his palate was never repaired. A child’s palates should be operated on much earlier than this to gain the best chance of developing clear speech. ...
For more information about our work or to offer support in any way please contact us.
Registered charity No. 1098761
8 The Willows, Station Road Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 1RH UK
info@childrenofsumatra.org
Phone: [UK] +44 01798 873791 [Indonesia] +62 0852 7545 2215
