Ben Fogle - Children with Noma

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » 13 Jun 2010, 08:45

Unfortunately, I started watching this programme the other evening, about five minutes after it started, so missed the title of the programme. Ben Fogle was reporting on children in Ethiopia suffering from an infection which can literally eat their faces away.

The programme followed the story of three or four children hoping to have their faces operated on by a top team of surgeons from the UK, who donated their time and skills two weeks of the year to help the high volume of children, young people and adults suffering from this horrendous disease.

It was very moving and particularly so watching Ben Fogle fighting back the tears on a few occasions as he compared these children to people in the UK who wake up and whinge about having a pimple marr their faces.

Anyone else see it??

Post by **wendy** » 13 Jun 2010, 08:54

I saw it too Bluebell.
It was a very emotional story, but one that did have a lot of hope for these poor little children.
I was even more interested as I sponnsor a little boy, through World Vision, in Ethiopia. So it was good to see how they live and the trials they can go through.
Yes a very good program
Wendy

lizziedoggarden · Post by **lizziedoggarden** » 13 Jun 2010, 08:57

Aw bless them, didn,t see it but know how people can be biased, my little boy was born with a rather severe cleft lip and I had people staring till it was fixed. O ne woman asked me whats wrong will THAT. Although its nothing compared to these kids its still bad.

Grannyof4 · Post by **Grannyof4** » 13 Jun 2010, 09:49

It was unbelievable what those surgeons did. You can keep all your fancy overpaid film stars, footballers etc....give me Ben Fogel any day, he is the most gorgeous man EVER put on this planet and he has the most adorable black Labrador called Inca. Not sure if that is where my Vet pinched the name from for his dog but she is the most adorable black lab as well.
Ben Fogel did a series of extreme adventures, where he took every day people and took them on the most amazing and dangerous adventures to places that few people had been to. It was called extreme dreams.

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » 13 Jun 2010, 17:27

Ben's dad is a vet, called Bruce Fogle, Granny. His mum is the lovely Julia Foster, who I remember seeing in the film "half a sixpence". I digress - the programme was lovely, gave an insight into how other folk live.