The Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) was established in May 1999 to tackle the problem of acid violence in Bangladesh. ASF works with NGOs, the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to prevent future attacks, to ensure survivors have better access to quality medical care, to provide survivors with better access to Bangladesh's criminal and legal justice systems, and to assist with the survivors' rehabilitation-access to education, training for new skills, and finding employment. The Acid Survivors Foundation meets all the costs incurred by a survivor and the family. This includes bringing the survivor to Dhaka for medical treatment, paying for medicine, and providing food and other essentials in hospital. The Foundation also prepares survivors for surgery (this means buying and testing of blood, taking x-rays and supplying post-surgery medicine and special care) and then transfers the patient to the Foundation's own 35-bed rehabilitation centre for special nursing, counselling and rehabilitation. The foundation has also opened their own 15-bed hospital unit and fully equipped operating theatre. There, highly skilled volunteer plastic surgeons come from around the world to work and train their Bangladeshi colleagues. Before the Foundation came into existence many families could not even afford to bring the survivor to Dhaka, many sold their land and all their possessions just to get medical treatment. HSBC Bangladesh supports the work of the Acid Survivors Foundation in providing medical support and assistance to the victims of this abuse. You can make a real difference by becoming a friend of the Acid Survivors Foundation. We welcome individuals and organisations who wish to support the work of the Acid Survivors Foundation. The Acid Survivors Foundation House 12, Road 22, Block K, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tel 880-2-602909, Fax 880-2-9888439 email: asf@acidsurvivors.org

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