Meet Aye Po, a 26-year-old woman who lives in Thailand. She is married and has two daughters who live with their father in another town.
“Aye Po works for a factory cleaning out large bottles of filtered water and refillng them, something that often includes heavy lifting. She earns 3,000 baht ($92 USD) per month and this is enough to cover her costs and send a bit home to provide for her family,” says our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP).
Aye Po was referred to our medical partner, Burma Border Projects, due to a large mass on her neck, a benign tumor.
BBP explains, “Following the birth of her second daughter about six years ago, Aye Po noticed that she had a small mass about the size of a walnut on the right side of her neck as well as breathing difficulties. She would use an herbal nose inhaler and take a pain medication when breathing became difficult but she never sought treatment.”
Recently, the mass has grown in size. “While she is not having any trouble eating or sleeping, she says that in the last few years her neck has become stiff and at times uncomfortable,” BBP says.
$1,500 will fund Aye Po’s much needed surgery to remove the tumor, as well as transportation to and from the hospital and outpatient visits before surgery.
Following treatment, Aye Po hopes to relocate her family and to continue to help providing for them. Aye Po says, “I hope I will be able to receive treatment … I am only worried about providing for my family.”
