Nai is a 57-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia who developed a cataract in both eyes one year ago. Now she is unable to see anything clearly, do her work, or go anywhere outside without tearing up.
As the mother of six children and 16 grandchildren, she’s always busy supporting her family - cooking, planting vegetables around her home, or taking care of her grandchildren.
Nai traveled 3 hours with her son to Children’s Surgical Centre where she learned she would need a phaco surgery and IOL implant in each eye to remove the cataracts. Surgery will provide Nai with artificial lenses that will allow her to see clearly again. She is unable to afford the $225 that will fund her treatment.
After surgery, Nai hopes that she can continue her work outside on the fields as a rice farmer to support her family, and no longer be afraid of the sunshine.