Facing Africa

Facing Africa is a charity dedicated to helping children in Nigeria and Ethiopia who suffer from a devastating disease called NOMA.

NOMA is an acute and ravaging gangrenous infection affecting the face. The victims are mainly children under the age of six, caught in a vicious cycle of extreme poverty and malnutrition. The mortality rate for this disease is estimated at about 90%. Those who do survive suffer from immense distress and social isolation as a result of their facial deformities.

Facing Africa provides funding for teams of volunteer surgeons to travel to Sub-Saharan Africa to perform facial reconstruction surgery on the victims of NOMA. Each visit costs around £40,000 – 50,000 (US$ 65,000 – 81,000), which includes costs for travel, medical, and surgical equipment, CT scans and care for patients.

Learn more at www.facingafrica.org

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