Yearly Archives: 2025

Trustees of the Mandalay School for the Deaf (MSFD) charity attended a meeting arranged by Dr Khaleda Zaheer, CEO of the Refugee Crisis Foundation, to discuss the Foundation’s humanitarian healthcare and education projects in Gaza and Bangladesh. MSFD is currently supporting the Foundation’s work in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh—the world’s largest refugee camp—to help children with hearing difficulties. The Refugee Crisis Foundation is also co-leading a dental education support programme for students in Gaza, where education has been severely disrupted as a...

Robin, a founding member of MSFD in 2015, has played a huge role in the charity. David Blakeway Smith met Robin in 2014 when Robin was an ENT surgeon at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. By then, Robin had already had a long connection with Myanmar, training Burmese doctors in ENT techniques. As a trustee of MSFD, Robin organised three visits to Myanmar, taking teams of surgeons, audiologists and teachers of the deaf to the Mandalay School for the Deaf and to...

Dr Robin Youngs, Trustee of the Mandalay School for the Deaf (MSFD), recently joined forces with the Refugee Crisis Foundation (RCF) on a humanitarian mission to Bangladesh, where he witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong Camp, the world’s largest refugee settlement. His visit focused on providing critical support to those suffering from hearing loss and ear disease, a widespread yet often overlooked issue in the camps. During the trip, Dr Youngs played a key...