Born of an Army Officer father and part English, part French mother, Emma Hazarika calls herself a racial "goulash" and a "Citizen of the World". She has lived all her professional life in England, with skirmishes in Nigeria and Assam, pioneering hospital work.

She started her Charity quietly, and only recently succumbed to persuasion from friends to make her work public, as a registered Charity.

A grateful patient had the following to say: "Highly respected both in England and abroad for her dedication, precision and exacting high standards, she has an ever-growing army of deeply appreciative patients. She is esteemed for her caring and friendly manner and her skill at putting patients at ease. Her fulfillment comes from the fact that through her work she serves to improve quality of life for others. Friends, too, praise her kindness and warmth. They know how her generosity has often led her to sacrifice her career advancement in England to devote her time and money to transforming the lives of disfigured, poverty-stricken people in other lands."