VIDEOS
MISSION PROGRAM
2024 Mexico Mission
This video shows how our Mexico mission volunteers work with our local partners in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo to bring specialized care for children with microtia (outer ear not fully formed) to this community.
10 Years of LEAP’s Belize Dental Team
For over 10 years, LEAP Global Missions has provided much-needed preventative and restorative dental care on our Belize missions. In this video, orthodontist Dr. Matthew McBride and dentist Dr. Richard Derksen talk about the history of the dental program and their team’s efforts on the missions.
2023 Zimbabwe Mission: Bubbles – Ano’s Story
In this video, non-medical volunteer Morgan Cnockaert talks about Ano, a young boy in Zimbabwe with a cleft lip who couldn’t blow bubbles prior to receiving life-changing surgical care from LEAP.
2023 Ukraine Mission
In March 2023, a multi-specialty mission team led by Dr. Steve Orten traveled to Lviv, Ukraine. This mission was made possible through our partnerships with the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine, Ohkhmatdyt Lviv Regional Children’s Hospital, and Razom International.
2019 Zimbabwe Mission: Lawrence & Yvonne
Follow the story of baby Lawrence and his mother Yvonne as plastic surgeon Dr. Eric Payne repairs his cleft lip.
Zimbabwe: 10 Years of Partnership
In 2018, LEAP Global Missions funded the construction of a fourth operating room for Sally Mugabe Central Hospital (formerly Harare Children’s Hospital) in Zimbabwe. This additional operating room commemorated 10 years of partnership with Celebration Ministries International and was dedicated to the future generations of Zimbabwe’s children.
2016 Zimbabwe Mission: Tenaka & Jemena
Follow the story of four-month-old Tenaka and his mother Jemena as plastic surgeon Dr. Eric Payne repairs his cleft lip and palate.
2015 Haiti
This video follows our mission team as they provided free surgical care for children with cleft lip and/or palate and patients with urological and general surgery needs at our partner hospital Hopital Espoir in Port-au-Prince.
Why We Serve
In this brief video, learn more about why LEAP mission volunteers serve the organization and continue doing so year after year. The hours are long, the work is hard, and while they use their vacation days to serve, missions are anything but relaxing.
MARY LAMON AND CHERYL LAMON MEMORIAL FUND PATIENT STORIES
Liam
Liam is a third-generation LEAP patient whose family first came to us through our initial mission outreach in the Dominican Republic in the early 1990s. His first surgery on his cleft lip and palate was in September 2018, and a video about his family premiered at the Gala.
Peter
When Peter arrived from Beijing in February 2017, we only planned for him to be in Dallas for two weeks while he underwent a simple bilateral cleft lip revision. His condition was actually more severe, requiring four surgeries in four months.
Li Ying
Li Ying originally came to Dallas from China in 2005 after six months of careful planning and prayerful consideration by Dr. Craig Hobar. She had the most severe craniofacial cleft that he had ever seen. Her condition was so rare that no research existed at the time for a recommended course of treatment.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Dr. Craig Hobar: Surgical Care of the Child with Cleft Lip and/or Palate
In this Mary’s Gift lecture from our April 2022 Belize mission, LEAP Founder Dr. Craig Hobar, teaches medical professionals about the surgical care of children born with a cleft lip and/or palate.
Dr. Cheryl Anderson-Cermin: The Care and Treatment of a Baby Born with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate
In this Mary’s Gift lecture from our April 2022 Belize mission, orthodontist Dr. Cheryl Anderson-Cermin teaches medical professionals about the care and treatment of babies born with a cleft lip and/or palate.
Dr. Craig Hobar: Mary’s Gift and LEAP’s History in Belize
In this Mary’s Gift lecture from our April 2022 Belize mission, LEAP Founder Dr. Craig Hobar gives an overview of LEAP Global Missions, our program Mary’s Gift, and our long-term collaborations with our partners in Belize: the Ministry of Health of Belize, Northern Regional Hospital, and the Rotary Club of Orange Walk.