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'''<big>Facing the World</big>''' offers new hope to severely disfigured children in Vietnam. The focus of the charity is on surgical training. This is achieved by offering Fellowships to Vietnamese doctors. In the past two years, 36 Vietnamese doctors have come to the UK for training. The Fellowship training is supplemented by in-country medical missions where complex surgeries are carried out by multidisciplinary teams of UK and Vietnamese doctors. We believe this approach offers a viable and sustainable solution. We work closely with our Vietnamese partners to identify their needs and resource them through cutting-edge medical equipment donations. By developing this process, the charity will eventually be able to extend it to other developing regions. |
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'''Facing the World''' is a UK-registered charity, promoting surgery for children with facial differences. It was founded in 2002 by two surgeons, [[Natascha_McElhone#Personal_life|Martin Hirigoyen Kelly]] and Norman Waterhouse, and was originally focused on bringing children from the developing world to the UK for surgery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facing the World - Overview |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04427304 |publisher=Companies House |accessdate=22 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Watts |first1=Geoff |s2cid=54309762 |title=Obituary: Martin Hirigoyen Kelly |journal=The Lancet |date=July 2008 |volume=372 |issue=9632 |pages=24 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60979-4}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Parkinson |first1=Caroline |title=Helping children show their faces |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6147566.stm |work=BBC |date=15 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Rebecca |title=Last King of Scotland boy has face rebuilt by UK surgeons |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/2403910/Last-King-of-Scotland-boy-has-face-rebuilt-by-UK-surgeons.html |work=The Telegraph |date=15 July 2008}}</ref> |
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Over time it came to focus mostly on Vietnam, and on training Vietnamese doctors in the surgeries, sending UK doctors to Vietnam to perform surgeries, and providing equipment to Vietnamese hospitals; it became active in Vietnam in 2008.<ref name=VN/> It has cooperated with two hospitals in [[Hanoi]]<ref name=VN>{{cite web |title=Boosting children's 'face value', confidence |url=https://vietnamnews.vn/sunday/features/415972/boosting-childrens-face-value-confidence.html |publisher=Vietnam News |language=en|date=5 November 2017|first1=Nguyễn |last1=Mỹ Hà|first2=Phạm |last2=Diễm Quỳnh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hong Ngoc Hospital, Facing the World offer free surgeries for disfigured children |url=https://english.vov.vn/society/hong-ngoc-hospital-facing-the-world-offer-free-surgeries-for-disfigured-children-374244.vov |work=Voice of Vietnam Online Newspaper |date=9 May 2018}}</ref> and a hospital in [[Da Nang]].<ref>{{cite news |title=UK organisation to help building Craniofacial Surgery Faculty |url=http://baodanang.vn/english/politics/201504/uk-organisation-to-help-building-craniofacial-surgery-faculty-2409069/ |publisher=DaNangToDay |date=17 April 2015}}</ref> |
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<big>'''Our Approach''': '''Fellowships, In-country Training, Equipment donation'''</big> |
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==See also== |
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'''Fellowships''' in the UK for Vietnamese doctors are key to our overall success. Visiting doctors observe and learn new techniques and approaches. These are then built on during missions where UK and Vietnamese teams jointly operate and put the new approaches and techniques to use. |
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*[[Effects of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese people]] |
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== References== |
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'''In-country Training''' is delivered by our multidisciplinary team during annual medical missions to partner hospitals in Vietnam. Smaller, targeted missions covering specific surgical topics have been trialed with resounding success. The teams are made up of the same doctors who are involved in teaching the Vietnamese fellows when in the UK. |
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==Further reading== |
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'''Equipment''' needs are identified in collaboration with our partner hospitals in Vietnam. Grants are sought by the charity to enable donations. |
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*{{cite journal |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=N |last2=Ong |first2=J |last3=Driver-Jowitt |first3=S |last4=Eccles |first4=S |title=Facing the World: the evolution of a craniofacial charity. |journal=Annals of Plastic Surgery |date=February 2013 |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=127–30 |doi=10.1097/SAP.0b013e31822510b0 |pmid=23038134}} |
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*{{cite news |last1=Waterhouse |first1=Norman |title=Obituary: Martin Kelly |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/may/26/health |work=The Guardian |date=25 May 2008 |language=en}} |
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==External links== |
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'''<big>Why Vietnam?</big>''' The occurrence of birth defects in Vietnam is estimated in some instances to be 10 times higher than in neighboring countries. This is thought to be partially due to the legacy of Agent Orange. The charity was initially invited to Vietnam in 2008 and subsequently began running annual missions to Da Nang General Hospital. During these missions, our doctors operated on children with craniofacial defects and provided on-site training for the local team. In 2014 Da Nang General Hospital and the charity hosted the first national Vietnam Craniofacial Conference. The following year, the charity took the decision to significantly ramp up activities in Vietnam. We sought and received key government support from the Ministry of Health, the Fatherland Committee, the Politburo and Vufo. We have also been granted official status in Vietnam through Paccom. The charity has subsequently signed an MOU with the Red Cross and Direct Relief, one of the world’s largest humanitarian foundations. |
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*{{Official website|facingtheworld.net}} |
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*{{cite web|title=Facing the World|url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3991307|publisher=[[Charity Commission]]|language=en}} |
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The charity has begun intensive collaborations with the Hong Ngoc and Viet-Duc University Hospitals in Hanoi and is now looking to add further hospitals to its program. The charity has a Vietnamese patron and two long term financial supporters giving it a sound platform from which to continue to expand its services throughout Vietnam. |
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The support we receive from donors will help us continue to offer fellowships and run missions thereby training doctors, and also donate more vitally needed medical equipment. |
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'''<big>Our vision is to train 60 doctors over 5 years and perform 18,000 life-changing operations. We are more than half way there!</big>''' |
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 27 September 2023
Facing the World is a UK-registered charity, promoting surgery for children with facial differences. It was founded in 2002 by two surgeons, Martin Hirigoyen Kelly and Norman Waterhouse, and was originally focused on bringing children from the developing world to the UK for surgery.[1][2][3][4]
Over time it came to focus mostly on Vietnam, and on training Vietnamese doctors in the surgeries, sending UK doctors to Vietnam to perform surgeries, and providing equipment to Vietnamese hospitals; it became active in Vietnam in 2008.[5] It has cooperated with two hospitals in Hanoi[5][6] and a hospital in Da Nang.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facing the World - Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Watts, Geoff (July 2008). "Obituary: Martin Hirigoyen Kelly". The Lancet. 372 (9632): 24. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60979-4. S2CID 54309762.
- ^ Parkinson, Caroline (15 November 2006). "Helping children show their faces". BBC.
- ^ Smith, Rebecca (15 July 2008). "Last King of Scotland boy has face rebuilt by UK surgeons". The Telegraph.
- ^ a b Mỹ Hà, Nguyễn; Diễm Quỳnh, Phạm (5 November 2017). "Boosting children's 'face value', confidence". Vietnam News.
- ^ "Hong Ngoc Hospital, Facing the World offer free surgeries for disfigured children". Voice of Vietnam Online Newspaper. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "UK organisation to help building Craniofacial Surgery Faculty". DaNangToDay. 17 April 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Kirkpatrick, N; Ong, J; Driver-Jowitt, S; Eccles, S (February 2013). "Facing the World: the evolution of a craniofacial charity". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 70 (2): 127–30. doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e31822510b0. PMID 23038134.
- Waterhouse, Norman (25 May 2008). "Obituary: Martin Kelly". The Guardian.