Vin is a five-year-old child from Cambodia. She is the oldest of three children. Her mother works in a factory, and her father is a farmer. She has not yet started school but she loves to paint at home and help her mother cook. She also helps taking care of her younger siblings.
Since birth, Vin has had nevus, or mole, on her cheek. It has grown larger as time has passed. As it grows bigger, it could start to cause further complications. She also experiences difficulty socializing with other children because of her condition.
When Vin’s family learned about our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, they traveled for four hours seeking treatment. On July 9th, surgeons at Children’s Surgical Centre will perform a skin flap procedure to to replace the skin of the nevus with healthy skin. Now, she needs help to fund this $657 procedure.
Vin’s mother shared, “I hope that after this surgery, she will look healthy and normal, and will not have any more problems.”