To bring emotional and social support to more craniofacial patients around the world, we recently launched our first International Seed Social Worker Training Program!

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.

“2022 Love Makes Whole Cleft Mission in Vietnam” was co-hosted by the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation and the Chang Gung Craniofacial Center. It took place in the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital and the Odonto Maxillo Facial Hospital from the 4th to 10th Dec 2022. A team of 16 people were participating in this training program includes personnel from the NCF, medical detachments from the Chang Gung, international partners from German and Japan.

National Taiwan University (NTU) and the Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (NCF), along with eight other non-governmental organizations, jointly launch an internship program called iNGO Academy in March 2023.The program aims to inspire students’ potential and train them to work into NGO industry. The program is taught in English and students will participate in a 16-week internship, integrating both theoretical and hands-on aspects. As part of the internship program, students from 5 countries and 9 colleges will be placed in various types of NGOs in Taiwan, with NCF being among the participating organizations. A NTU student was chosen for a 3-month internship program focused on understanding NCF's international assistance program.

The Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (NCF) connects the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to donate medical masks, personal protective equipment (PPE), air sterilizers, ear thermometers and other epidemic prevention to the Vietnam National Children's Hospital in Hanoi (VNCH) and the Odonto-Maxillo-Facial Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (OMFH). The NCF's donation is worth more than US$ 40,000.There are large number of COVID-19 frontline workers in VNCH and OMFH. Medical supplies are urgently needed.

Cambodian surgeon Dr. Long Vanna still remembers the buzz of excitement at the National Pediatric Hospital (NPH) in Phnom Penh during the summer of 1999 as he and fellow physicians prepared to welcome the first delegation from Taipei City-based Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation (NCF). The visit was to discuss a mooted partnership under which the Taiwan nonprofit would share its expertise in treating conditions such as cleft lip and palate. Long, then 41, recognized the potential of this tie-up in boosting children’s health and well-being in Cambodia. Looking back on what has been achieved in the decades since, he said the results have, if anything, exceeded his expectations.