Venue: Accenture, 1 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2 (4th Floor) (see map below)
ALL ARE WELCOME
Put this date in your diary -Â Tuesday, 26 Feb. Doors open at 7.45pm.
Guest Speaker: Tanya Knadjian from Changing FacesÂ
Following a successful talk in 2003, we have asked Changing Faces back to give us advice on how our children born with cleft can cope with difference in their school and play environments.
Changing Faces is an organisation that was set up in Britain over 10 years ago and has a lot of experience in this area. The aim of Changing Faces is to enable people to tackle disfigurement with confidence. It does this by providing information, support, counselling, workshops, family days and other activities. The organisation has researched practical ways to help deal with difficulties that may be experienced at school or elsewhere.
Right: Venue, 1 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2.Â
Hosted by Accenture
Operation Smile, a private, not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization, provides free reconstructive surgery and related healthcare to children around the world born with cleft lip and/or palate.
Operation Smile was founded by Doctor William P Magee, a plastic surgeon, and his wife, Kathleen, in 1982. Operation Smile medical volunteers have treated more than 100,000 children worldwide since 1982 and currently has programs in 25 countries.
Devastated Jo Watson’s world fell apart when she learned her unborn baby’s face was literally not joining together properly.
