So it has been a different but exciting week this week. On Monday we went to Khmer Soviet Friendship hospital for Day 3 of the Smile Cambodia mission. Our first job was to get a document translated into Khmer about how to care for children after cleft lip and palate operations and how to feed […]
Cambodia Project– Week 7: 26th-30th October Read More »
Last week was Pchum Ben, a Cambodian holiday celebrating ancestors. We had the whole week off of work so we escaped to Koh Rong Samloem island for a mini getaway! This past week we were back at work! Tuesday was Lauren’s birthday and our sweet speech adviser, Samnang, took us for a birthday lunch! After
Cambodia Project: Week 5&6– 12th-24th October Read More »
Written by the lovely Lauren Cooper: On Tuesday we went back to the Children’s Surgical Centre and saw Samnang our speech advisor carry out a session with twin 11 year old boys, both with cleft lip and palate. One had bilateral cleft lip and palate and one had unilateral cleft lip and palate and they
Cambodia Project: Week 4- 4th October Read More »
Lauren and I had a good but busy second week in all of our settings! Children’s Surgical Center: On Tuesday, we went into Children’s Surgical Center to support our speech adviser, Samnang, in carrying out assessments with three different clients. We saw one child who had had a Cleft lip and palate repair and two non-cleft
Cambodia Project: Week 3–28th September Read More »
Our first blog post, written by Lauren, will soon be published on the official website of The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA). To read about past experiences of the City Cambodia cleft team, check out CLAPA’s blog page where you will soon be able to view our weekly posts! For now, enjoy a sneak peak of
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In September 2015, Team Cambodia 2015 (in photo from left to right– Lauren, Sam, Shona, Zoe, Kim and Kristin) will be travelling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to volunteer for three months as Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) on behalf of the City Cambodia Project. The City Cambodia Project is a charitable project that sends SLT
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Lauren and I will be in Cambodia with the rest of our speechie team providing services for children with cleft lip and palate in just two months!! In preparation for the three-month service trip, we are in Salisbury for a training week in cleft lip and palate! Day 2 of training was spent in scrubs
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Welcome to SLP Overseas, a site dedicated to linking the world of speech, language, and swallowing therapy. As a current international Master’s student in the field, I aim to bring awareness to prospective and current students as well as professionals on the opportunities available in the field on a global scale. This site will allow
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