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'''Facing the World''' is a UK-based charity that helps children in Vietnam with [[birth defects]] that disfigure their faces by training Vietnamese doctors in [[craniofacial surgery]], sending UK doctors to Vietnam to perform surgeries, and providing equipment to Vietnamese hospitals.<ref name=VN/> It was founded in 2002,<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> and became active in Vietnam in 2008.<ref name=VN/> |
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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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*{{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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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.