{"id":327,"date":"2022-04-29T20:39:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T20:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transformingcleft.org\/annual-reports\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2022-05-10T22:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T22:44:48","slug":"cleft-care-closer-to-home-lokeshwaran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/transformingcleft.org\/annual-reports\/2021-impact-report\/cleft-care-closer-to-home-lokeshwaran\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleft Care Closer to Home: Lokeshwaran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <a href=\"\/annual-reports\/2021-impact-report\/#asia\">Back to Impact Report<\/a>\n        <h1>STORY FEATURE: ASIA<\/h1>\n        <h2>Cleft Care Closer to Home: Lokeshwaran<\/h2>\n\t<p>Early in his life, Lokeshwaran &#8211; now 18 years old &#8211; had surgery to address his cleft palate. Without access to speech therapy, however, he always struggled to be understood.<\/p>\n<p>At long last, one of his teachers pointed him to a possible solution. SRIHER, a long-time Transforming Faces partner based in Chennai, India could offer Lokeshwaran a speech and audiology assessment. It was a daunting recommendation, as Chennai was a 4-hour journey from their village near Tiruvannamalai.<\/p>\n<p>Lokeshwaran&#8217;s parents arranged for him to make the journey to SRIHER. There, he received an initial assessment with the good news that SRIHER would be able to help <em>much closer<\/em> to home.<\/p>\n<p>The Tiruvannamalai district camp was only a 25 km journey from Lokeshwaran&#8217;s home. From October to December, Lokeshwaran would attend regular speech therapy 3 to 4 times per week.<\/p>\n<p>Working with his Speech-Language Pathologist, Lokeshwaran has made strides with his speaking clarity and has built his self-confidence. His parents now believe that whether he decides to go to college or to start a business, the same work ethic that he demonstrates in speech therapy will lead him to a good life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/transformingcleft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/Stories-Lokeshwaran-Age-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/annual-reports\/2021-impact-report\/#asia\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack To Annual Report\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/transformingcleft.org\/annual-reports\/2021-impact-report\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDonate Today\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to Impact Report STORY FEATURE: ASIA Cleft Care Closer to Home: Lokeshwaran Early in his life, Lokeshwaran &#8211; now 18 years old &#8211; had surgery to address his cleft palate. 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