Zuberi from Tanzania raised $500 to get healthy.

Zuberi
$500
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Zuberi's treatment was fully funded on May 8, 2013.
  • Zuberi's story
  • Zuberi's update

Photo of Zuberi post-operation

Zuberi is healing well.

Zuberi is very eager to walk again and go back to school....

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Zuberi's Timeline

  • April 24, 2013
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Zuberi's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • May 8, 2013
    FULLY FUNDED

    Zuberi's treatment was fully funded.

  • February 12, 2015
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    We received an update on Zuberi. Read the update.

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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