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MSFD is very pleased to be supporting two new projects run by All Ears Cambodia for a year, helping children affected by ear disease and hearing loss. One project is based in rural Cambodia, where school screening and audiology clinics will work to counter ear disease and hearing loss in children in the remote Battambang province. The second project will support vulnerable children in Siem Reap. A targeted programme will identify, treat and manage ear and hearing conditions among children in Siem...

MSFD hosted a magnificent fundraising concert at Great Malvern Priory on Saturday 19 September, raising nearly £4,000. Enormous thanks go to everyone who supported the event, either by being in the audience or by donating so generously. The Gents of St John’s were brilliant, with a first half of exquisite sacred choral music and a contrasting second half of beautifully arranged contemporary songs. Thank you so much to the Gents for a wonderful performance. We were also delighted that Khaleda Zaheer was able...

There are now just two weeks to go until the Mandalay School for the Deaf Charity Concert, and we are very much looking forward to what promises to be a wonderful evening. Taking place at The Priory Church, Great Malvern, on Saturday 19 September 2026, the concert will feature The Gents of St John’s from St John’s College, Cambridge, with a beautiful programme spanning sacred music, folk, jazz and modern harmony. We want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who...

MSFD has recently begun supporting BRINOS in the ear surgery camp in the BN hospital in Nepalgung, Nepal. BRINOS was founded in 1988 by Neil Weir and is dedicated to treating, preventing and researching ear disease and deafness in Nepal. It operates specialised biannual ear surgery camps, primarily in Nepalgung and trains local staff. Since it was founded, BRINOS has performed thousands of life-changing operations. MSFD charity contributed to the soundproofing of the audiology booth, which will help to improve...

We are delighted to announce a special charity concert in support of Mandalay School for the Deaf charity, taking place on Saturday, 19 September 2026 at The Priory Church, Great Malvern. The evening will feature The Gents of St John’s, an acclaimed ensemble of choral scholars from St John’s College, Cambridge. Their programme will span a wide range of musical styles, from early sacred music and traditional folk songs to jazz standards, pop classics and contemporary close-harmony arrangements. The Gents of St...

Following the change to the charity’s objects and the broadening of its geographical scope, we are pleased to be funding a team from Brighton and Sussex Medical School, working in partnership with Refugee Crisis Foundation as they work with Rohingya refugees who have escaped Myanmar and are now living in the Kutupalong Camp in Bangladesh. This project will identify children who could benefit from low-cost bone conduction headsets for hearing loss due to tympanic perforation. Conventional air conduction hearing aids are...

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...