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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 2003, and its focus is on Vietnam due to the high prevalence of such birth defects there due to the use of [[Agent Orange]] in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vietnamese children get help to face the world |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/world/vietnamese-children-get-help-face-world |publisher=The Sunday Guardian Live |date=14 July 2018|first=Antonia |last=Filmer}}</ref> |
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'''Facing the World''' is a UK-based charity that seeks to help children in Vietnam with facial disfigurements. The focus is educational, with FTW providing training in craniofacial surgery through its Fellowship Program. |
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It has been active in 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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==History== |
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Founded in 2003, FTW has been been active in Vietnam for the greater part of its history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vietnamese children get help to face the world - The Sunday Guardian Live |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/world/vietnamese-children-get-help-face-world |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |date=14 July 2018}}</ref> |
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==Operation== |
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The charity collaborates with Da Nang General Hospital,<ref>{{cite web |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/ |website=DaNangToDay |language=vi}}</ref> Hong Ngoc Hospital,<ref>{{cite web |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 |website=VOV - VOV Online Newspaper |date=9 May 2018}}</ref> and Viet-Duc University Hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boosting children’s 'face value', confidence |url=https://vietnamnews.vn/sunday/features/415972/boosting-childrens-face-value-confidence.html |website=vietnamnews.vn |language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:13, 22 October 2018
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.[1] It was founded in 2003, and its focus is on Vietnam due to the high prevalence of such birth defects there due to the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War.[2]
It has been active in two hospitals in Hanoi[1][3] and a hospital in Da Nang.[4]
External links
References
- ^ a b Mỹ Hà, Nguyễn; Diễm Quỳnh, Phạm (5 November 2017). "Boosting children's 'face value', confidence". Vietnam News.
- ^ Filmer, Antonia (14 July 2018). "Vietnamese children get help to face the world". The Sunday Guardian Live.
- ^ "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.