By Mariah Seigel | Touch the Nations Global Giving Liaison
Jawar is a shy boy, the youngest of 6 children to a corn farmer. His family lives in a small hut made from grass, mud, and wood and the children go to the free, village school. They walk a long distance to get water every day and have no electricity or technology. Jawar's parents are very frugal with their funds, because they harvest their crops once a year and need to make the money last till the next year.
When Jawar's parents noticed him crying and having bad pains when he went to the bathroom they sold some cows they had and took him to the hospital to find out what to do. The doctor at the hospital told them that Jawar would need an expensive procedure that had to be done in another town they would have to travel to.
Jawar's mom said "After we sold our cattle and after we tried different health centers and hospitals we were told to go to the capital because the case is beyond the capacity of the hospital. I knew that the disease is a serious one. With our financial constraint I just lost all my hope at that time. Our family members and community was not willing to help us or even to mingle with us since we became christians. We face a lot of stigma and discrimination from them and we couldn't get the help we needed when we needed it most. I felt like my child couldn't get the treatment at all because we can't pay for it and there is no one besides us. I cried a lot. I prayed 'God please facilitate a way for our child to get a hospital to treat him without medical cost'. Right after that we heard of an organization called Missionaries of Charity and we went there. They told us that they can't provide the treatment but that they link us with one who can provide and they brought us here."
Once Jawar got to the Bethany Kids hospital he was admitted quickly and was operated on with no complications! He is now in good health and is relieved from his pain and difficulty.
Jawar's mom said"Everything was more than our expectation. The hospital, the staff, the medical care, the food and everything is with a best quality. I am so thankful for this."
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