March 3, 2015
Meet Mai, a 48-year-old farmer from the Magwe division in central Burma! She is married and has a 10-year-old son. Mai and her husband both work as subsistence farmers and they own a small plot of land where they grow rice and sesame. Mai earns approximately 20 to 30 USD per month but her family primarily lives “hand to mouth.”
Mai has been unable to work to her fullest capacity because she has a benign tumor in her throat. This tumor also makes it painful and difficult for Mai to eat and drink. “She really wants to have an operation to remove the mass on her neck because it is causing her mental and physical discomfort,” reports our medical partner, the Burma Border Project.
Mai says, “When I feel better, I will work hard to provide for my family. I really want my son to become educated and I know I need to work hard to be able to pay for his school fees.”
We are raising $1,500 to pay to remove the tumor in Mai’s throat. Lets all come together to help put Mai on the road to mental and physical health!
Meet Mai, a 48-year-old farmer from the Magwe division in central Burma! She is married and has a 10-year-old son. Mai and her husband both ...
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May 5, 2015
Pa Par received surgery to remove the tumor in her throat.
“While recovering in the hospital she immediately noticed a large improvement in her condition,” Pa Par’s doctor at Burma Border Projects (BBP) tells us. “Her neck felt a lot lighter and she generally felt more comfortable. She was also breathing normally again.”
“Now that she has had treatment, she said she will go back to work so she can provide for her family,” BBP continues. “She will focus her attention on her son and make sure he becomes educated. She said that while she will support her son in whatever career he chooses, she would love to see him become a teacher or a doctor.”
Pa Par says: “I’m looking forward to returning home and spending time with my son. I miss him very much. Thank you to the donors and doctors who helped me get treatment.”
"While recovering in the hospital she immediately noticed a large improvement in her condition," Pa Par's doctor at Burma Border Projects (B...
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