Alexandra Jagelman

One of the founding core values of Mekong Hope Surgical Fund was that people with clefts are beautiful, just as they are. In society, so many of the friends we have helped have been...

Hi, I'm Alexandra Jagelman. I have been living and working in Southeast Asia as a primary healthcare professional for more than two decades. I'm passionate about holistic care, strong, healthy families, and community transformation. One...

November 2019 Eighteen precious people needing cleft repairs from NE Myanmar, 12 family members, six staff from the Wa Women’s Federation, and Veronica (local Chinese volunteer) and I teamed up with the Lan Cang Hospital...

Little Ai Long lives with his grandparents in a remote part of NE Myanmar. His uncle is a modern day hero through the love and perseverance he has shown to Ai Long. Ai Long...

June 2019 was the first official collaboration with the Wa State Women’s Federation and Mekong Hope Surgical Fund. 5 young children had successful cleft lip repairs and one girl had a cleft palate repair....

One of the things I love about Mekong Hope Surgical Fund is its holistic care of patients and their families. It really goes way beyond a safe, quality surgical procedure. I’m passionate about speech therapy....

Amy was born in a poor, rebel-controlled area of NE Myanmar. When she was about two years old, she developed a small sore on her lip. Unfortunately, this developed into a flesh-eating bacterial disease...

Mekong Hope Surgical Fund is more than just fixing a cleft lip. We believe in holistic care so that means not just getting the best surgery possible to make the outside look great, but...