Meet Joy

Success! Joy from Kenya raised $685 to fund brain surgery.

Photo of Joy post-operation
$685
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Joy's treatment was fully funded on October 10, 2018.
  • Joy's story
  • Joy's update
September 6, 2018
October 7, 2018

Joy’s surgery to help drain excess fluid from her head was successful. The treatment stabilized her intra-cranial pressure, minimizing the r...

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Joy's Timeline

  • September 6, 2018
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Joy was submitted by Joan Kadagaya, SAFE Senior Program Coordinator at African Mission Healthcare

  • September 6, 2018
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Joy received treatment at BethanyKids Kijabe Hospital (BKKH) in Kenya. 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.

  • September 7, 2018
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Joy's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • October 7, 2018
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Joy's treatment was successful. Read the update

  • October 10, 2018
    FULLY FUNDED

    Joy's treatment was fully funded.

Funded by 18 donors

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Sopheak is a 14-year-old boy from Cambodia. He is a 10th-grade-student who enjoys math and has dreams of becoming a teacher one day. His parents earn a living selling lunch, while his older brother works as a motorcycle mechanic. In Sopheak's free time, he likes listening to music and watching movies. His favorite foods are fried eggs and caramelized pork. Sopheak was born with a cleft lip and underwent cleft lip repair surgery in 2012. However, he still has a notch along the border of his upper lip. As he has grown older, he has become increasingly concerned about the appearance of his nose and experiences difficulty breathing. These concerns have affected how he feels about his appearance, and he hopes further treatment will help him feel more comfortable and confident as he grows up. After his initial surgery, he was advised to return when he was older for further correction. He followed this advice, travelling two hours back to our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), for another assessment. On October 26th, 2026, he is scheduled to undergo rhinoplasty using rib cartilage, alar reduction, and lip scar revision to improve the shape of his nose and address the remaining concerns with his lip. His family needs $360 in support to help him receive the treatment he needs. Sopheak's mother said, “I’m happy that my son has the chance to receive further treatment. He has been unhappy with the shape of his nose for a long time, and sometimes he also has difficulty breathing. I hope this surgery will help him breathe more comfortably and feel more confident about himself as he grows up.”

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