Success! Zawadi from Tanzania raised $880 to fund leg surgery so she can walk and play.

Zawadi
$880
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Zawadi's treatment was fully funded on January 27, 2022.
  • Zawadi's story
  • Zawadi's update
January 12, 2022

Photo of Zawadi post-operation

March 3, 2022

Zawadi underwent leg surgery so she can walk and play.

Zawadi's surgery was a success! Zawadi's surgery has helped correct both of her legs, which had a condition that made walking very challengi...

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Zawadi's Timeline

  • January 12, 2022
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Zawadi was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, Curative Medical Support Program-Partner Representative at African Mission Healthcare.

  • January 13, 2022
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Zawadi received treatment at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC) in Tanzania. 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.

  • January 18, 2022
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Zawadi's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • January 27, 2022
    FULLY FUNDED

    Zawadi's treatment was fully funded.

  • March 3, 2022
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Zawadi's treatment was successful. Read the update.

Funded by 14 donors

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Linn is a 50-year-old woman from Burma. She is divorced and lives with her mother and son in Karen State - a conflict area near the border of Burma and Thailand. She works as a shop vendor, selling steamed sticky rice with chicken and pork, and her mother is retired. Her 12-year-old son is in the fifth grade in Burma. Linn also cultivates vegetables in her garden and usually cooks meals using them. Linn enjoys watching movies in her free time, but she has not been able to do so for a while now. One year ago, Linn began to experience blurred and double vision. Currently, Linn cannot read, see, or walk well and requires a caregiver to assist her with daily activities. These symptoms have made it increasingly difficult for her to see clearly. Linn was diagnosed with retinal detachment, a condition in which the retina pulls away from the supportive tissue in the eye, resulting in vision loss. If left untreated, she could lose vision completely. Linn is scheduled to undergo surgery to reattach her retina. Our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), requests $1,500 to cover her procedure and care costs. After her surgery, Linn's vision will hopefully be restored, and she will resume her daily activities comfortably. Linn expressed, "I am very pleased to receive help and I am relieved that I can also stay at BCMF's patients' house in Chiang Mai. I wish for the success of my eye surgery. After recovery, I hope to restart my previous business again."

$932raised
$568to go