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Every year millions of children worldwide are born with physical deformities. Approximately 1 out of every 800 are born with cleft lips or cleft palates, the fourth most common type of birth defect. Children's Corrective Surgery Society has been reaching out a healing hand to these children for over 35 years. With the help of numerous volunteers, more than 16,000 children and their families have been given a new start on life!
CCSS International Field Programs are conducted multiple times throughout the year via several field clinics in Mexico and abroad, as well as in San Diego, California.
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A typical CCSS surgical field clinic performs approximately 35-45 reconstructive surgeries in a 2-3 day period. The value of each corrective surgical procedure is at least $15,000. CCSS's average cost, however, is only $250—a small amount to change the quality of life for a child.
Reconstructive surgeries performed through CCSS are not limited to children. On occasion our gifted physicians have performed corrective procedures on teens and adults as well.
Types of services provided through CCSS field clinics include: plastic surgery, cleft lip & palate correction, hemangioma removal, club foot treatment, hairy nevus treatment, and ophthalmology care. We ordinarily provide transportation to our clinics for the wonderful volunteers who donate their time and skills to our cause.
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Due to unemployment, poverty and violence, many families from Mexico travel to the border town of San Luis in hopes of a better life in the United States. Unfortunately, these families are unable to leave San Luis because of a lack of proper documentation required to cross the U.S. border legally. Often times, this causes many of the men to enter the U.S. illegally, leaving their families behind with hopes of returning with adequate finances to solve their financial problems. Sadly, the majority of these men do not return, leaving the women and children to fend for themselves.
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Seeing a need, CCSS began a feeding and education program in San Luis, assisting approximately 350 children and their single or abounded mothers. Due to a lack of income, the children from these broken families cannot attend the local school system. CCSS provides education, physical activity and a nutritious, hot meal.
Mothers are educated on basic hygiene and nutrition, enabling them to better care for their families. It is truly amazing to witness the incredible change a simple meal and education can make in the lives of these women and children. With the assistance of our exceptional volunteers and donors, CCSS is able to provide renewed hope and faith in the future for so many who were once left feeling hopeless.
The Education and Feeding Program is directed by Jose Rodriquez, his faithful wife, and a few very special volunteers. Over the years, the complex in San Luis has grown with the assistance of CCSS. In addition to the original kitchen and dining hall, the complex now consists of several additional classroom buildings, a basketball court and soccer field. The entire complex is protected by fencing, which provides added security for the children. |
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When disaster strikes, CCSS is first in line to provide shelter, food, and other types of aid to victims and their families. During critical times of need, food and medical supplies have been shipped to disaster areas in developing countries on a regular basis, such as Kenya, South Africa and other famine regions around the world.
CCSS has also been involved in providing desperately needed medicines and medical supplies for hospitals in the Ukraine, and has previously sent over 50,000 doses of Polio vaccine to South America.
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| It is Children's Corrective Surgery Society's desire to do all we can to assist those in need around the world, doing our part to relieve the suffering for many in their most critical hour of need. |
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CCSS medical volunteers provide basic medical and dental care for those in need throughout the year. Additionally, CCSS volunteers travel to the Philippines annually to provide for the needs of those who do not have access to medical or dental care, or cannot afford basic healthcare.
During a two-week period, volunteers perform routine medical procedures and administer medications. In addition, dentists who volunteer their time conduct teeth cleanings, fillings, and a variety of other dental procedures. |
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| Over 20,000 individuals have received medical care and assistance through CCSS Field Programs in the past two years alone! |
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