Author: sarah

60 SURGERIES TO CORRECT CLEFT LIP AND PALATE WILL BE GIVEN AWAY IN THE RIBERA DE CHAPALA THIS CAMPAIGN IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE RIBERA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL, THE SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, AND THE PUERTO VALLARTA AND RIVIERA NAYARIT FOUNDATION (L) Liaison of the Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit Foundation with the foreign community […]

A New Beginning for Kelly Kelly and her parents embarked on a long, arduous journey, traveling hundreds of miles across Mexico to their destination: Mexico City. It was 2023, and they were headed to a Smile Network surgical campaign site in hopes that Kelly would be eligible for a life-changing transformative surgery to repair her […]

Back in January, 2023, I read a life-altering article in the Guadalajara Reporter. The article, by Dale Hoyt Palfrey, described a medical project that would be conducted in the Lake Chapala area from May 11-16, 2024.

Baby Constanza Meet this beautiful 9-month-old baby, Constanza. Born in the community of Chihuahua to parents who couldn’t afford her medical needs, her village rallied together when they heard about the opportunity for Constanza to be evaluated for surgery by the Smile Network team at Ribera Medical Center. To fund the 19-hour trip to Ajijic, […]

Jezus Jezus is one of the 27 children who received the gift of surgery during the Smile Network’s mission in Ajijic, Mexico, thanks to the team of medical professionals, generous donors, and the staff at Ribera Medical Center. Every child is special, but meeting a child like Jezus tugs at your heartstrings in a profound […]