Facing Africa - Noma
 United Kingdom  |  Health/Medical

Facing Africa - Noma provides funds for the visits of teams of voluntary surgeons from the UK, Germany and Holland to Nigeria and Ethiopia to perform facial reconstruction surgery on the victims of the disease noma, and the aquisition of related equipment for hospitals in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Sokoto (Nigeria).

In 1998, Chris Lawrence heard about the terrible plight of the hundreds of thousands of children suffering the dreadful and shocking destructive and devastating effects of "Noma". He wanted to do something, anything to help, and contacted Allan Thom, a Consultant Orthodontist whom he had known for several years to ask if he had ever come across the ailment. Together, Chris and Allan researched, spoke to dozens of people, scoured the internet and finally conceived and registered the charity "Facing Africa - NOMA". Since 2000, Facing Africa has been working closely with it's European partners AWD Stiftung Kinderhilfe (Germany) and The Dutch Noma Foundation. So far (Jan 2009) we have raised over £600,000 (about US $870,000) which has been spent on sending the teams each year from Europe to Nigeria (air fares, hotel accommodation, ground transportation medical equipment and supplies), equipment for the hospital in Sokoto, training schemes, physiotherapists from Europe working in Nigeria and Ethiopia and many other essential expenses.

Facial reconstruction surgery

Hospital equipment

Trainings and education

Cheshire Home Rehabilitation Centre

Noma Children Hospital

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