Starlight exists to make hospital stays less frightening for seriously ill children. Through play, we help reduce pain, anxiety, and trauma—bringing comfort, resilience, and joy when it's needed most.
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Smile Train is the world's largest cleft-focused organization, with a sustainable and local model of supporting surgery and other forms 1 of essential care.
WaterAid has one goal: to change the world through clean water, decent toilets and good
hygiene. Change starts with water.
hygiene. Change starts with water.
We are driven by a passionate mission to prevent the devastating impact of meningitis, by uniting people and knowledge to save lives. Join us in the race to defeat meningitis as part of #TeamMRF.
We're the UK's leading bowel cancer charity. Join #TeamBowelCancerUK today and help us achieve our vision of a future where nobody dies of the disease.
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