2025-06-16 NCF Fellowship–On the journey of love, we are never alone To bring emotional and social support to more craniofacial patients around the world, we recently launched our first International Seed Social Worker Training Program!
2025-06-05 Healing Smiles and Hearts After a Four-Year Pause On August 27, 2023, the “Love Makes Whole” medical mission team traveled 3,417 kilometers from Taiwan to Mongolia to provide long-awaited free cleft care at the National Center for Maternal and Child Health of Mongolia (NCMCH) in Ulaanbaatar.
2025-04-22 Bringing Hope to Indonesia It may be hard to imagine, but each year in Indonesia, approximately 10,000 babies are born with cleft conditions. Most families only discover their child’s condition after birth. However, there are fewer than 300 qualified surgeons across the entire country. For many families, the greatest challenge is finding a hospital capable of performing cleft surgeries.
Patients2025-06-16 A Journey Brightened by the NCF’s Support The name Hou-Chuan was chosen by his mother, symbolizing her hope that with perseverance, her child’s life would one day be whole.
Patients2023-12-06 Overcoming all difficulties, Yunying is heading for the better future Yang Yunying, a 19-year-old girl who suffered from neurofibromatosis, is from a mountainous village 1430 meters above sea level in Yunnan province, China. The first symptoms appeared when Yunying was 1-year-old. It started as a small lump, slowly it grew in size and a huge turgid tumor emerged on the right half of her face.
Videos2023-12-05 The NCF helps people with craniofacial disorders pursue their dreams People born with craniofacial disorders such as cleft palates and cleft lips often face hardships growing up due to bullying and social pressure. In some cases, congenital disorders like microtia may even result in deafness. The Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation in Taiwan aims to help people with these conditions, by providing companionship, scholarships and plenty of self-betterment opportunities. Stephany Yang takes us to meet some of the people they assist.