"They don't have the NHS, and they don't have the sophisticated medicine we have here."So I think, my heart would never sink, life is a gift that I'm still here."Katie founded her self-titled charity, The Katie Piper Foundation, a year after suffering the horrific acid attack.The life-changing attack left her with third-degree burns to her face and chest.The attack was orchestrated by her ex-boyfriend Danny Lynch and carried out by Stefan Sylvestre who threw sulphuric acid in the model's face.The charity provides rehabilitation to burn survivors during their recovery and lists Katie as a "mentor" in the programme.Earlier in the year Katie shared a series of powerful black and white images of herself and the scars of the burns she had.
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