Facing the World was founded in part as a result of the experiences of a number of craniofacial surgeons. Volunteering abroad they were moved by the children they were not able to help because of limited infrastructure, equipment and time. Many children required multidisciplinary teams that were impossible to bring together for an outreach clinic.

We aim to treat the most severely disfigured children at the end of other organisations queues. Children who - as a result of the lack of skills, infrastructure, finances and social prejudice - are unable to have the chance for a normal life.