Meet Yan

Success! Yan from Cambodia raised $292 to fund cataract surgery.

Photo of Yan post-operation
$292
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Yan's treatment was fully funded on December 11, 2016.
  • Yan's story
  • Yan's update
October 27, 2016
December 12, 2016

Yan's eye cataract was successfully removed from her left eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, she was given eye...

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Yan's Timeline

  • October 27, 2016
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Yan was submitted by Lindsay Bownik, Stakeholder Relations Officer at Children's Surgical Centre

  • October 27, 2016
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Yan 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.

  • November 29, 2016
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Yan's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • December 11, 2016
    FULLY FUNDED

    Yan's treatment was fully funded.

  • December 12, 2016
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Yan's treatment was successful. Read the update

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Maria is a 28-year-old woman from Uganda. Maria has spent years trying to rebuild her life after losing her only child and undergoing two major abdominal operations. Today, she runs a small soft-drinks business to support herself and help care for her sister’s two children. She operates this business out of her own home. However, a painful swelling on her abdomen has begun interfering with the very business she depends on to survive. Maria underwent two abdominal operations, the first four years ago and the last one year ago. But for the past eight months, Maria continues to experience a painful swelling around her navel at the site of her previous abdominal surgery. The pain becomes particularly troublesome when she sits for long periods, laughs, or speaks. She has not received treatment for the swelling, and it has increasingly affected her ability to attend to her customers. At times, the pain becomes so severe that she has to close her business, losing the little income she depends on. On November 3rd, Maria will undergo hernia repair surgery with the help of our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare. This procedure and care will cost $170, and Maria needs your help. Maria shares, “I have gone through two major operations, and the money I spent on treatment left me with almost nothing. Now I have this painful swelling, and sometimes I have to close my business because I cannot bear the pain. I depend on this small business to survive and to help care for my sister’s children, but I cannot afford another operation. I kindly appeal to the donors to help me receive the surgery I need. Your assistance would give me a chance to recover, return to my business, and continue caring for the children who depend on me. May God bless you for helping people like me who have nowhere else to turn.”

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