Success! Visal from Cambodia raised $225 for cataract surgery to restore her vision.

Visal
$225
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$0
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Fully funded
Visal's treatment was fully funded on December 26, 2015.
  • Visal's story
  • Visal's update
December 7, 2015

Photo of Visal post-operation

January 13, 2016

Visal received vision-restoring cataract surgery.

After a brief, 40-minute procedure, Visal's can see clearly again for the first time in over a year. "I feel very happy that I can see from ...

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Visal's Timeline

  • December 7, 2015
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Visal was submitted by Hannah Callas, Stakeholder Relations Officer at Children's Surgical Centre.

  • December 7, 2015
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Visal received treatment at Kien Khleang National Rehabilitation Centre in Cambodia. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • December 24, 2015
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Visal's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • December 26, 2015
    FULLY FUNDED

    Visal's treatment was fully funded.

  • January 13, 2016
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Visal's treatment was successful. Read the update.

Funded by 9 donors

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Naw Aye is a 28-year-old woman who lives with her husband, son, sister-in-law, brother, two nephews, and two nieces in a refugee camp in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. Originally from across the Burmese border in a conflict-area called Karen State, she fled to the refugee camp with her family in February 2023 due to airstrikes on her village. Her husband and her brother are unemployed, while her son, nieces, and nephews go to school. She and her sister-in-law are homemakers. During her free time, she loves to play with her son and enjoys planting vegetables in her small garden. She is currently expecting her second child. Her doctors recommended that she deliver via cesarean section because In January 2020, when Naw Aye was pregnant with her first child, her water broke prematurely which put her baby's life at risk. She was brought to a hospital in Burma, where she gave birth to her son through a caesarean section (C-section). In February, after they had fled to the refugee camp, Naw Aye became pregnant. She went to the hospital in the refugee camp regularly for antenatal care. She was told during one of her visits that although her pregnancy was going well, she would need to give birth through a C-section to ensure the safety of both mother and child. Our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund, will help ensure a safe C-section on November 3rd. This procedure costs $1500, and Naw Aye needs your support. “I want to sell sacks or Mohinga (Burmese soup) for extra income soon. But I don’t have enough cash to start doing that, and I am pregnant. I hope I can do that after I give birth,” Naw Aye said.

$1,122raised
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