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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, 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]

References

^ "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.

External links

[1] "Facing the World - Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

[2] Watts, Geoff (July 2008). "Obituary: Martin Hirigoyen Kelly". The Lancet. 372 (9632): 24. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60979-4. S2CID 54309762.

[3] Parkinson, Caroline (15 November 2006). "Helping children show their faces". BBC.

[4] Smith, Rebecca (15 July 2008). "Last King of Scotland boy has face rebuilt by UK surgeons". The Telegraph.

[VN-5] Mỹ Hà, Nguyễn; Diễm Quỳnh, Phạm (5 November 2017). "Boosting children's 'face value', confidence". Vietnam News.

[6] "Hong Ngoc Hospital, Facing the World offer free surgeries for disfigured children". Voice of Vietnam Online Newspaper. 9 May 2018.

[7] "UK organisation to help building Craniofacial Surgery Faculty". DaNangToDay. 17 April 2015.

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-{{notability |date=October 2018}}
+'''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>
-{{refimprove|date=October 2018}}
-'''Facing the World''' (FTW) is a UK-based charity that seeks to help children in Vietnam with facial disfigurements.<ref>http://facingtheworld.net/about-us/</ref>
+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>
-==History==
-Founded in 2003, FTW has been been active in Vietnam for the greater part of its history.<ref name="facingtheworld.net">http://facingtheworld.net/about-us/</ref>
-==Operation==
+==See also==
+*[[Effects of Agent Orange on the Vietnamese people]]
-FTW's reach in Vietnam has expanded over time, and the charity now works with Hong Ngoc Hospital, Viet-Duc University Hospital, Da Nang General Hospital and, recently, 108 Military Hospital in Hanoi.<ref name="facingtheworld.net"/>
 == References==
 {{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+*{{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}}
+*{{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}}
+==External links==
+*{{Official website|facingtheworld.net}}
+*{{cite web|title=Facing the World|url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3991307|publisher=[[Charity Commission]]|language=en}}
+{{Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Facing The World}}
 [[Category:2003 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Children's charities based in the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Plastic surgery organizations]]
+[[Category:Health in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
 [[Category:Oral and maxillofacial surgery organizations]]
-[[Category:Organizations established in 2003]]
+[[Category:Organisations based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
+[[Category:Plastic surgery organizations]]

v t e Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Diagnosis	Facial trauma Dry Socket Facial Cleft Trismus Cleft lip and cleft palate Le Fort fracture of skull Zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture Oral and maxillofacial pathology
Procedures	All-on-4 Chin augmentation Dental extraction Dentofacial Osteotomy Distraction osteogenesis Hilotherapy Jaw reduction Jaw wiring Labial frenectomy Maxillomandibular advancement Orthognathic surgery Osteotomy Rhinoplasty Socket Preservation Torus removal surgery
Notable contributors	Alphonse Guérin Bernard Devauchelle Bernhard von Langenbeck James Garretson Kurt Hermann Thoma Luc Chikhani Léon Dufourmentel Michael Silbermann Paul Tessier René Le Fort Simon Hullihen Thomas Fillebrown Thomas Lewis Gilmer Varaztad Kazanjian William Harrison Bell Wolfgang Rosenthal
Organizations	American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Facing the World Interplast Little Baby Face Foundation Operation Smile Smile Train Transforming Faces
Journals	Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Appliances	Palatal lift prosthesis