The face, say the poet, is the window to the soul. It presents us to the world, expressing how we fell without a word being said. The face bears our identity, our character and our individuality. Most of us are able to take this for granted and can enjoy all that life has to offer without thought. Life is very different for those people who have faces that look 'different'.
They are outsiders who suffer from the stares of strangers and the torment of being treated differently. Affected children endure the anguish of their distraught parents and relatives, cannot forge friendships easily, and suffer at school. There can be many reasons. Some children are disfigured from birth because their parents carry a hidden gene; others are exposed to environmental pollutants before they are born.
Sometimes the reason isn't obvious. Some start their lives as healthy babies but are struck down by tumours.
Whatever the cause, the result is the same: a child with a disfigurement can be excluded, isolated and stigmatised. Perhaps more important are the deep emotional and psychological scars that run with it. Such children born in the West often have access to excellent health care, to surgeons who operate on children with the severest disfigurements and the councelors needed to maintain their confidence.
Children in poor countries do not.....
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They are outsiders who suffer from the stares of strangers and the torment of being treated differently. Affected children endure the anguish of their distraught parents and relatives, cannot forge friendships easily, and suffer at school. There can be many reasons. Some children are disfigured from birth because their parents carry a hidden gene; others are exposed to environmental pollutants before they are born. 
