This is a photo recently taken of Angel and his mother. I met them when I was in Pucallpa Peru in April 2010. At that time Angel had a fever and was not allowed to have his cleft lip repaired. Just last month in Feb 2011 this photo was taken and within 2 days he […]

As the year is about to end and the new year is about to begin, I think about how fortunate we all are with the heart and soul of nurses around the globe. This year I had the opportunity to spend one week with 4 amazing nurses while I was in Pucallpa, Peru.  This was […]

On Nov 9th,  I had the pleasure and honor in meeting and speaking with Aileen. Aileen is the 15 year old daughter of one of the employees at Barco. Her mother Alma works in our accounting department. The story of meeting Aileen is worth telling.  Several months ago I attended a day at Ronald McDonalds […]

On November 6, 2010 Barco’s Nightingales gave birth. My wife Frida and I awarded the first ‘Barco’s Nightingales Nursing Award for Excellence’. We were honored in being able to present our first Nursing Award at the Interplast Gala held in San Francisco at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The recipient Dawn Yost is from Morgantown, West […]

Don’t Stop Believing ………. Today was another life changing moment for me.  I was invited by Nicole Rubin of RMHC to join a group to visit in the life of the campers as they are experiencing their camp moment. I found that the experience was their gift to me. Our first moment was a brief […]

Adam Forgash is a New York City-based documentary photographer / photojournalist. His work combines a passion for photography with the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with his subjects. With over twenty years of experience, he has worked with commercial, editorial and non-profit clientele including Amnesty International, Interplast, The Smile Train, Associated Press and Corbis/Sigma. His […]

While in Peru, I witnessed the true miracle of meaningful work when I watched the doctors, nurses and support staff care for and bring smiles to the faces of these children and their families.  These photographs are some of my favorites. I was also able to see that the miracles delivered by the Interplast medical […]

I have just received from Adam Forgash, his photos from our trip to Pucallpa Peru. It was so exciting to see the trip through his camera and his soul. The trip has become such a vivid memory following the viewing of his amazing photos. The photo above is of Lourdes. She is a 10 month […]