Английская Википедия:Facing Africa
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Facing Africa is a British registered charity[1] providing funds for the visits of teams of voluntary surgeons from the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Netherlands to Ethiopia to carry out facial reconstructive surgery on the victims of the disease noma, and the acquisition of related surgical equipment, consumables and disposables for hospitals in Addis Ababa. The charity was founded in 1998. It has an office at West Stowell, Wiltshire.[2]
History
Facing Africa was founded in 1998 by Chris Lawrence. He was joined by Allan Thom, a consultant orthodontist. In 2000 Facing Africa joined the Sokoto NOMA Project.[3] Facing Africa works together with the Dutch Noma Foundation,[4] AWD-Stiftung Kinderhilfe[5] and Resurge[6] (former Interplast) and takes part in surgical missions offering financial, logistical and medical support and assistance in Sokoto in Sokoto, Nigeria.[7]
In 2008, the charity cooperated in the making of a BBC documentary Make Me a New Face: Hope for Africa’s Hidden Children[8]
Fundraising events
- Marathon des Sables
- British 10K London run[9]
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Surgeon's mission of hope for disfigured children, Yorkshire Post (2010)
- Английская Википедия
- Charities based in Wiltshire
- Health in Wiltshire
- Health charities in the United Kingdom
- Foreign charities operating in Ethiopia
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery organizations
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- Википедия
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