Our Story
Gena Palumbo on CCPF’s inaugural surgical trip in Harbin, 1999.
Following the adoption of a healthy daughter from an orphanage in Nanjing and wanting to ‘give back,’ Gena Palumbo founded CCPF to improve the everyday lives of orphans with disabilities through medical intervention.
With the collaboration, approval and trust of China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Public Health, a team of leading experts in pediatric surgery from America and China was formed. Underscoring this collaboration was the intent to further American and Chinese relations through philanthropy.
Twenty-five years later and going strong, CCPF has expanded its program to Tanzania and India to provide surgical and rehabilitation to disabled children from underserved communities, and sponsors a fellowship program in New York for medical professionals in our partner countries.
Pictured above is baby Angelina who was among CCPF’s first patients. She was adopted by a CCPF volunteer nurse who was part of the surgical team that operated on her.
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