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Jose Alejandro Matamoros

Matagalpa

Jose Alejandro Matamoros
Matagalpa
Before According to APROQUEN statistics, 95% of accidental burns occur in the home. In March 2017 Jose Alejandro Matamoros w...

Mareling Aleman Tellez

MANAGUA

Mareling Aleman Tellez
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

Launch of the Business Cup “...

The Business Cup, "For the Smile of a Child," kicked off this Saturday, September 7, with the participation of twelve teams that will compete to continue Turning Tears into Smiles for the benefit of children suffering from burns. This sports initiative is promoted by APROQUEN in conjunction with Zona Deportiva with the aim of raising funds and contributing to the rehabilitation ...

Latinamerican Physioterapists trave...

APROQUEN is committed to open Windows of hope and to continue turning tears into smiles. That was the main reason, 8 physiotherapists who works in like- minded Organizations from Colombia, Perú, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, México and Nicaragua, visited Social Sunshine Welfare Foundation in Taiwan, to finish a Training course on Management of Burned Hand for Burn surviv...

APROQUEN presents at the Congress o...

On november 30th to December 4th, and as part of the Regional Program that APROQUEN promotes, thanks to the generous support of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)we participated at the XIX Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI) held in New Delhi, India. This participation at the C...

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...