Last week, I arrived for my second yearly field visit to Chennai, India.  It is astonishing how quickly time passes between these visits.  The local team at Sri Ramachandra University greeted me with the same warmth and hospitality that I remembered from last year.  After only a day or so I felt as though I had not been away from India for long.

When checking in on the project, I found that it is also surprising to see how many new relationships can be forged in the space of one year.  Roopa Naragajan, the Project Director, took me to the district of Thiruvannamalai.  This is the rural area where TFW supports speech therapy and orthodontic treatment for children born with cleft lip and palate.  This project, which operates at the community level, truly depends on the support from local schools, district officials, health centres and volunteers for its success.