​First shown with Glasses in his mom's arms is 3 year old Jordan from the coast above Salinas. His mother was ill during pregnancy and he needed an intercranial MRI to rule out hydrocephaly. Thankfully the test came out negative.
7 year old Mathias was born with severely protruding ears. You can imagine the teasing he got from the other children. Dr Pablo performed a surgery that pulled his ears back along his head. He and his family are so pleased he will no longer be teased!
Last is 2 year old Justin who just this past week had his severe cleft palate repaired by Dr. Pablo. Now he can grow up able to speak and eat properly.
Both surgeries were performed at Hospital de Rio.
Thanks to the doctors and our supporters, three more children have a chance at a better life!

This is David Alexander who turns 10 in 2 days. He was born with a severe hearing loss.The family lives in a small community (San Francisco) in the Amazon region about a 10 hour bus ride from Cuenca. We were contacted by Rocio of Cetap Lucy and made an appointment for a hearing test with Dr. Diego Maldonado at Hospital del Rio. He called around to get us the best deal on David's hearing aids.
As you can tell by the photo, he was so excited to be hearing. He is now very excited to get back to the classroom.
Thanks to Dr. Diego, Salud Audativa and our supporters, this young man will have a much brighter future!

Pictured is 2 month old Isabel.Just after birth she developed a severe infection in her nose. After many days in neonatal ICU the infection was finally stopped, however much of her nose was destroyed by the infection.
Yesterday Isabel underwent the first of several surgeries to reconstruct her nose with doctors Pablo Salamea and Diego Maldonado (ENT), Dr Jonathan Cordero AND Dra Maria Siguencia at Hospital del Rio. They constructed a temporary prosthesis to begin the formation of the interior of her nose before performing reconstructive surgery on the outer area. Fortunately this will all be done before she will be looking in the mirror.
Four very talented doctors teamed up to give Isabel a much brighter future!
Isabel will grow up with a beautiful nose and will be able to breath normally. What a huge improvement in her quality of life!!
Thank you Dr Pablo, Dr Maldonado, Dr Cordero and Dra Siquencia!!
Her parents are deeply greatful to benefit from the skills of these four doctors and very thankful for our HKIE donors' generosity.
All four doctors waived their medical fees and the hospital gave HKIE a generous discount on the hospital costs.

Another child helped by Fishbon del Sur!
This is 2 year old Andres from the Cuenca area. Last year he was splashed with boiling hot water, resulting in severe burns on his chin, chest and upper arms. This week Dr Pablo performed the first surgery of several on the scars. The surgery was performed at Hospital del Rio. As a child grows, his scars do not, resulting in pulling and restriction in that area. AS you can see....he was not looking forward to this!
Andres is the third child helped from the money raised and donated by Fishbon del Sur. Thanks to Laura, Clay, cast members and attendees!