$1 a Day Won’t Buy Surgery
Share This article
Lina’s first instinct as a mother was to blame herself when she saw that her daughter was born with a cleft palate. Later, she watched helplessly as Paska tried to eat and drink.
When she was born and I saw her lip, I thought I did something wrong, that it happened because I committed a sin in my past,” said the desperate mother, Lina. “Every time Paska drank milk she choked on it and it came out of her nose.”
Then the toddler figured out that by putting three fingers in her mouth to block her cleft palate, she could keep from choking while she drank!
Meanwhile Paska’s parents tried to save for surgery. But together they earn only a dollar a day. Her dad, Alek, works on a rubber plantation and mom, Lina, works “watching” a rice field to scare away birds and rats, so they won’t eat the grain.
Then someone told them about CBN. We arranged for Paska to receive the surgery for free. A few months later we went back for a visit.
“The first time I saw her after the operation, I so happy and grateful!” said Alek. “Her lips are beautiful.”
“Thank you for helping us!” said a grateful mother.
Share This article