“Awar sells snacks for a living,” says our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP). “On average, she makes around $2 per day. However, because she has two children to feed, she accepts half of her day’s earnings in rice and the other half in money.”
Awar is a 37-year-old single mother from Burma. About three years ago, she was diagnosed with bladder stones and underwent surgery. Her condition has since returned. “Awar is experiencing urine obstruction, abdominal and back pain, nausea and diarrhea,” says BBP. “She is very sad to be in the same situation again but is hopeful she can get the surgery she needs and be finished with urological problems for good.”
For $1,500, BBP can treat Awar and allow her relief from symptoms, as well as give her the chance to work and generate income again. Since seeking treatment in Thailand she has had to stop working and be apart from her two children. This trip to receive treatment has now put her into debt.
Awar has big dreams for the future – she hopes to move to Bangkok with her children, where there are more opportunities for work and education. “It hurts Awar to not be able to provide for her children the way she wants to with her present circumstance,” says BBP. “She believes Bangkok will be the chance she and her children need to live a better and happy life.”
Let’s help make it happen for her!
