“Maung Pi is a ten-year-old boy from a rural village in Burma,” Burma Border Projects (BBP) tells us. “When he was two years old he accidentally pulled a pot of boiling water down on himself when his mother wasn’t in the kitchen.”
“For financial reasons, and because there were no hospitals near their village, Maung Pi’s parents were unable to take him to get treatment for his burns,” BBP writes. “Instead, they had to rely on using traditional oils to heal his scars. As a result, he has severe scar contractures down the left side of his body and his left arm is severely disfigured.”
BBP is ready to help. With $1500 Maung Pi will receive plastic surgery to release the skin contractures, allow him to be active and less self conscious.
“I want to be able to play with my friends without them teasing and making fun of me,” Maung Pi says. “After my treatment I will go back to school and I also want to help my parents more on their farm.”
Funding Maung Pi’s care will help turn these dreams and ambitions into viable possibilities.