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Facing Africa
Facing Africa is a UK registered charity 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. Facing Africa is a charity that deals with the 10% of survivors of noma, those who have survived the early stages but who will be left with the unsightly, painful and debilitating ravages of this dreadful disease.
Facing Africa work was featured in two BBC World Service programmes on noma and the treatment of patients from remote regions. In November 2007, a documentary film made by BBC Inside Out featured a group of severely affected patients from several regions of Ethiopia who underwent surgical treatment by a team of UK medical volunteers, organised by Facing Africa.
== History ==
Facing Africa was founded in 1998 by Chris Lawrence, who decided to take action after he had heard about the devastating effects of noma. He was joined by Allan Thom, a consultant orthodontist, and after careful consideration how to approach the problem, it was agreed to put together occasional expeditions to a chosen location in Africa and operate as often as volunteers could be found and as often as could be financially funded. The research was completed and an attempt to establish vital links with doctors, surgeons and hospital administrators made. In 2000 Facing Africa joined the Sokoto NOMA Project.〔(Sokoto NOMA Project )〕 The decision was taken that Facing Africa would work together with the Dutch Noma Foundation,〔(Dutch Noma Foundation )〕 AWD-Stiftung Kinderhilfe〔(AWD-Stiftung Kinderhilfe )〕 and Resurge〔(Resurge )〕 (former Interplast) and take part in the surgical missions offering financial, logistical and medical support and assistance in Sokoto in Sokoto, Nigeria. Facing Africa partially funded 4 annual surgical team missions to Sokoto as well as donating a mini bus, X-ray machine and other essential equipment. In October 2007 Facing Africa organised its first team mission to Ethiopia where the surgeons carried out a reconstructive facial surgery at the government YEKATIT 12 hospital in Addis Ababa. Since that time Facing Africa organises 1–2 missions to Ethiopia carrying out between 45–55 facial reconstructions Facing Africa, along with other NGO's and charities dealing with this problem, has been recognised as one of the driving forces of the fight against noma.
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