Kyaw is a 14-year-old boy, and he is a sixth grade student from Thailand. He lives with his parents in Mae Sot, Tak Province. He loves to play football and cane ball.
On January 31, 2018, Kyaw was playing kickball at school during his lunch break when he tried to dodge the ball and fell, catching himself on his left arm. Both his radius and ulna were fractured. He was in pain, and there was swelling around the site of the fracture. As a result of his injury, he will be missing school for at least a couple of days. His sister also had to miss school on January 31 to accompany him to our medical partner’s clinic.
With the help of our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund, Kyaw will undergo surgery to reset his fractured bones and ensure proper healing. The procedure is scheduled for February 1 and will cost $1,500. He will be able to return to school and play with his friends again.
Kyaw’s teachers say, “We are grateful you are able to help him because our school doesn’t have much of a budget and his parents couldn’t afford to pay for this either.”