The Katie Piper Foundation hosted its first My Beautiful Ball at the Savoy Hotel in London on 1st September to raise funds for the Katie Piper charity.
Diana Yukawa opened the evening with a piece of music from her last album.
The violinist was extremely impressed by the dedication and courage by Katie Piper and her fellow ambassadors to help burns and scar victims.
Katie Piper is a beautiful young woman, rebuilding her life after surviving a brutal attack in 2008, where sulphuric acid was thrown in her face.
Katie Piper spent seven weeks in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, before starting a two year stint where she wore a special plastic pressure mask for 23 hours of every day. Prior to the attack, Katie was a model and budding TV presenter with a hectic social life and a glowing future in the public eye. The attack ruined Katie from the inside out. Like many, she believed her life was over now that she was a ‘burns victim’.
Following pioneering surgery, led by Mr Mohammad Jawad FRCS, Katie was referred to Centre Ster in Lamalou-les-Bains, a specialist rehabilitation centre in France. This centre had a remarkable impact on her recovery, both mentally and physically. It was here, whilst interacting with other burns survivors, that she made the most progress in regaining control of her life.
The Katie Piper Foundation was set up to make a difference to burns survivors.
The Foundation is ultimately working towards the delivery of an advanced rehabilitation and burns clinic in the UK. This will in time, include residential facilities for patients, enabling them to benefit fully from treatments and from social interaction with other survivors.
The Violinist is very proud to have supported this charity along with other guests such as patron Simon Cowell and Leona Lewis.
If you are in a position to do so you can donate to the Katie Piper Foundation by going to the website.
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