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 8 year old Kelli. She has had minimal vision in her left eye since birth. Unfortunately she needed treatment and glasses to allow her brain to "see" through that eye. The doctors at this point could only give her glasses to increase vision in the left eye to 50%. Fortunately with her other eye at 20/20 she will be able to cope. Thank you Exilaser and Dr. Giuseppe Miotto for waiving the eye exam fee and for the generous discount for her glasses!
Also pictured is 13 year old Luis. Last week Dr Pablo Performed surgery on his nose and repaired his lip at Hospital Del Rio.
As he always does, Dr Pablo waived his surgical fees and Hospital Del Rio gave HKIE a significant discount! Thank You!
Both children will have improved lives thanks to our generous donors.

Pictured is 8 year old Kelli. She has had minimal vision in her left eye since birth. Unfortunately she needed treatment and glasses to allow her brain to "see" through that eye. The doctors at this point could only give her glasses to increase vision in the left eye to 50%. Fortunately with her other eye at 20/20 she will be able to cope. Thank you Exilaser and Dr. Giuseppe Miotto for waiving the eye exam fee and for the generous discount for her glasses!
Also pictured is 13 year old Luis. Last week Dr Pablo Performed surgery on his nose and repaired his lip at Hospital Del Rio.
As he always does, Dr Pablo waived his surgical fees and Hospital Del Rio gave HKIE a significant discount! Thank You!
Both children will have improved lives thanks to our generous donors.

This young man, Nixon, was poked in the eye with a stick over a year ago. Being from the countryside his family had no access to an ophthamologist so gradually over the year his eyesight deteriorated to the point of having no vision in that eye.
The family was able to contact HKIE and he was immediately seen by the doctors at Exilaser. Within days of first being seen, Nixon had eye surgery and Dr. Miottto reports that he, amazingly, now has 20/20 vision in that eye!
Our thanks go out to the doctors (Dr. Miotto and Dr Torres) and the staff of Exilaser, and of course to all our donors who made it possible for the young man to regain his sight.

The "eyes' have it!
Pictured are Victoria Veronica and Edison
16 year old Victoria has been suffering form severe headaches and blurred vision that caused her to miss.a lot of school days. She had a MRI perfromed to rule out a tumor,etc. Fortunately that test was neagtive.The doctor recommended a eye exam.. HKIE got her to Exilaser....she now is very happy with her new look and the fact she has no headaches and can see well for her studies.
Edison was born with a rare birthmark that invades the tissue or organs...in this case, his eye. He had a benign tumor and his eye removed at a very early age, but recieved no prosthesis. Dra. Mariela Siguencia of Hospital del Rio asked for the help of HKIE to make a very involved prosthetic eye for him (due to the fact of the orbit shrinking with no prosthesis). While he and his family are very excited to recieve the prosthetic eye, young 14 year old Edison is looking forward to some plastic surgery by Dr. Pablo to improve the look around his face and eye.
Thank you Dra Siguencia, Dr Pablo, Hospital del Rio and Exilaser for working with our foundation.
HKIE thanks all our donors for helping to change these two lives.

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This is 4 year old Aimee. She had severe Strabisimus (cross eye) and congenital retinal detachment. She had surgery at Exilaser involving both Dr. Torres and Dr. Miotto.
While her eyesite will never be perfect, thanks to these two doctors and our HKIE supporters, she will have more than adequate vision and will have a normal look.
You know HKIE is having a great day when we save a child's vision!
Thank you Exilaser for the wonderful discount for this sweet little girl.

This is 15 year old Jhon who had his previous cleft lip surgery repaired. He is a handsome young man who had difficulty speaking properly....now thanks to the surgery performed by Dr Pablo Salamea Molina at Hospital del Rio, Jhon will be able to speak correctly.
Also shown is Victoria Valentina, a lovely 12 year who had a seizure and is also having trouble with her eyes. The doctor needed an MRI to accertain what is causing the problems. Unfortunately the family could not afford that test. Thanks to Philip Smith for bring her to the attention of HKIE.
Thanks to our loyal HKIE donors, we were able to help these two young people.

One month old Maria Avila (being held by her mom) was born with a very severe cleft palate. It is so severe that Dra Mariela had to make a special plate to fit in the mouth until she is old enough for the surgery to repair the palate.
3 month old Adrian(in his surgery cap) had his cleft lip repaired this past week so he can grow up smiling and speaking like his peers.
Lastly, 5 month old Johanna had the growth on her cute little ear repaired.
All the parents of these precious children wish they could personnaly thank all our generous donors who made these three surgeries possible.
Dr Pablo, as he always does, waived his surgical fees and Hospital del Rio provided HKIE with a substantial discount.

This is 10 year old Xavier. 2 years ago he and his mother (thanks to Rocio of CETAP LUCY) approached us asking for help. At that time he was told he was going blind and needed to learn braile. We were able to help with immediate eye surgery.
Now, after two years of check ups, eye drops, and several pairs of glasses, we have been informed that his eyesight has actually improved since his last visit. His mom could not be happier!
Here is Xavier with his cool new, flexibe green frames.
Thanks to our supportrs and Dr. Miotto of Exilaser, this darling young man can continue his studies.

Kevin is a young man who was born with a microtia ear on the side of his face. (You can see a slight scar). Several years ago Dr Pablo removed that ear and last week he performed a "tweak" on his left ear so it will better match his other one. He will now have a normal set of ears.
Marcelo is a 3 month old with a terrible cleft lip. Again, Dr. Pablo Salamea Molina performed a surgery to allow this little fellow to have a normal life.
Thanks to all our donors for making these surgeries possible!