Students at Cayman Prep School raised $450 on Civvie Day for Facing Africa, a charity that sends doctors to Ethiopia to help children with the devastating disease Noma.
Year 5 student Ashley Van den Bol gave a small presentation last week at Cayman Prep about the flesh-eating disease which affects the face of children and some adults mainly living in sub-Saharan Africa and other poor regions. Her presentation was supported by displays about Noma and Facing Africa and students wore T-shirts of the charity.
The World Health Organisation estimates that about 140,000 children develop the disease every year. Facing Africa sends teams of surgeons four times a year to Ethiopia to operate on children who have problems eating and drinking as a result of the disease.
Krys Global contributed $1,000 to the fundraiser. The firm had already supported Facing Africa in the past, donating half of the proceeds of the Off the Beaten Track 50k Ultra Marathon race in February to the charity.
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