APROQUEN

Stories of Hope

Mareling Alemán Téllez

MANAGUA

Mareling Alemán Téllez
MANAGUA
Before Just two months after turning 15, Mareling was burned when a lamp containing paint thinner exploded. The explosion caus...

Wilber Javier Obando Iboy

LEÓN

Wilber Javier Obando Iboy
LEÓN
BEFORE Wilber was transferred to APROQUEN from the Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales in the city of León. Wilber suffered burns ac...

Bryan Antonío solano

MASAYA

Bryan Antonío solano
MASAYA
BEFORE When Bryan was two years old, he suffered a burn accident by falling into a pot of boiling water where he played. The a...

Wilfredo Álvarez

GRANADA

Wilfredo Álvarez
GRANADA
BEFORE Originally from Granada, seven-month-old Wilfredo Alvarez was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and pala...

Marcelo Obando

Nandaime

Marcelo Obando
Nandaime
BEFORE After their son was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and palate, Marcelo’s parents were worried. A fr...

Royden Pérez

Salvador

Royden Pérez
Salvador
BEFORE Originally from neighboring country El Salvador, Royden was born with the congenital malformation, cleft lip and palate...

Recent News

APROQUEN invited to present at the ...

On May 9thto 12thin the city of Foz, Iguazu, Brazil the XI Brazilian Burn congress was hosted with more than 700 participants from different countries in Latin America and the US. Our Founder and President, Vivian Pellas, our Medical Director Dr. Mario Pérez and a delegation from APROQUEN had the honor to participate thanks to the generous...

Dr. Stafford Broumand, Global Advis...

Dr. Sttafford Broumand, President of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and Global Advisory Member for APROQUEN visited us from New York, March 14th – 17th. During his visit, Dr. Broumand was accompanied by a team of renowned videographers that spent two days capturing footage of APROQUEN’s medical services, interviews with our Founder...

APROQUEN presents at the 50th Ameri...

Our Founder and President, Mrs. Vivian Pellas participated in the recent American Burn Association Conference held from April 9th-13th. During this meeting, our Founder and President had the opportunity to share APROQUEN’s work with Dr. David Harrington, Director of Surgery from the Burn Center in Rhode Island and Gretchen J. Carrougher Research Nurse from the Surgery department at the medical Ce...

APROQUEN receives a generous suppor...

Thanks to the support to the Japanese Embassy, APROQUEN procured much needed medical supplies for its Operating room. The humanitarian project signed last year under the name of “Equipamiento para Niños con Defectos Congénitos Orales” in the amount of $83,053 allowed to Aproquen procured surgical instrument, medical supplies with long shelf life. This do...

APROQUEN and Johns Hopkins Universi...

From February 12thto 16th, APROQUEN held a medical mission with renowned doctors from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, along with doctors from APROQUEN, and successfully operated on 37 children with cleft lip and palate from remote areas throughout Nicaragua. The medical team lead by Dr. Patrick Byrne, Facial Pl...

APROQUEN and ReSurge International ...

APROQUEN and ReSurge International held a medical mission from March 5th to 9th and successfully operated 16 children with cleft lip and palate from remote areas of Nicaragua. In 26 years Aproquen have conducted 201 medical missions. “It is important that are medical team have continuous education and the support from this renowned group of doctors invested in...