Since our first mission to Kigali Rwanda in 2012, Face the Future™ Foundation has made a significant impact not only on the number of patients treated but in the continuous teaching of local medical staff, thereby increasing capacity and knowledge transference, establishing standards and ensuring high quality post-operative care.
After more than 12 missions, we are proud to have been instrumental in improving the quality of care, education of local medical staff and improving patient outcomes.
We have consulted more than 450 patients and operated on over 300 patients, performing over 700 procedures. We have also helped develop an intensive care unit so we can perform more complex surgeries. Future plans include increasing the number of missions with smaller teams of four to six to focus on more advanced training in specific areas of most need.
Number of Procedures/Operations:
40 – 60 patients / 100 – 140 procedures annually
Number of Patients Consulted:
80 – 100 annually
Size of Mission:
A team of 6 to 20 consisting of surgeons, operating room nurses, anesthesiologists, intensive care specialists, nurse educators, and radiation oncologists.
Conditions Treated:
Cancerous tumours and facial trauma requiring major resections and complex reconstruction of boney skeleton and soft tissue with free flaps, cleft lip and palate revision, congenital facial deformities, scar revision for burn and traumatic scars, and nasal reconstruction.