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Organization

Tess Unlimited

Tess Unlimited

Non profit organization

We help children born with cleft lip and cleft palate in Guatemala. We provide pre and post op care and all surgeries they need.

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Women
Men
Girls
Boys
Indigenous peoples
Youth
Youth
Children at risk
Health

Organizational contacts & locations

Contacts
Tessa de Goede
Founder and Director
(+502) 4550-7798
tessa@tessunlimited.com
Erick Estacuy
Logistic Manager
(+502) 4095-4147
erick.tessunlimited@gmail.com
Tom de Goede
Fundraising & Social Media
(+502) 4990-5021
tdegoede@outlook.com
Locations
Callejon 4, Casa numero 11
San Gaspar Vivar
Antigua, Guatemala
Sacatepéquez
03001

Mission, vision & values

Mission

Our mission is to help children born with a cleft lip and cleft palate to have a happy life. We do this to provide comprehensive cleft care to all our patients.

Vision

Our vision is to help at least 400 children every year born with cleft lip and cleft palate. We want all of them to have a meaningful and happy life.

Values
We values effective
Local
and comprehensive care
everywhere.

Products, services, and programs

Products

We provide special feeding bottles and formula cans.

Services

We provide all surgeries, milk for the malnourished babies to have a healthy weight undergoing surgery and speech therapy for after surgery.

Programs

Milk program is average 4 till 5 months until they have the healthy weight to undergo surgery.

The speech therapy program is around 2 years long, starting after the cleft palate surgery.

Organizational detail

Founded
2008
Number of employees
11-25
Funding
Private donations
Primary issue(s) / need(s) addressed

We focus on children born with cleft lip and cleft palate. 

Impact, adaptations & objectives

Impact to date

After the surgery the children are able to eat and drink normally and talk. They can start to have a normal life.

Impact measuring

Through photos of our impact and our reports.

Organizational adaptations
Location
Target population
Organizational adaptation details

Location

We changed location a couple of times and now we are building our own hospital.

Target population

Our target population was in the beginning only the "altiplano", but now we reach all of Guatemala.

Short term objectives

Growth

We will grow because we have more patients because of Covid.

Quality / Impact

We always focus on good quality care and because of the nutrition and surgeries we make a big impact on the lives of the children.

Long term objectives

Growth

We will say yes to every child with cleft that enters our program.

Quality / Impact

We always want to improve quality and the impact will be always the same, changing the lives of the kids.

10/09/20

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