Hnini Woot Hlwa is a 5 year old and when her parents divorced, they sent her sister to live with relatives and abandoned her at a neighbors house. Luckily the neighbor has cared for her.
She was playing with a neighbor and her eye got bashed. The father of the neighbor got permission from the Thai government to go to a semi-big hospital in Thailand. The doctor looked at her and said they may be able to help, but it would cost about $200...an enormous amount of money when you earn a couple of dollars a day like most people in Burma. The man decided to return to Burma with a few eye drops.
She was playing with a neighbor and her eye got bashed. The father of the neighbor got permission from the Thai government to go to a semi-big hospital in Thailand. The doctor looked at her and said they may be able to help, but it would cost about $200...an enormous amount of money when you earn a couple of dollars a day like most people in Burma. The man decided to return to Burma with a few eye drops.
I met up with her a few weeks later. She could not see from her eye. Nobody was sure what could be done, but I wanted to try to help. My friend Pone Pone, who is probably the most decent person I have ever met, and I started to make arrangements but we do not know what will happen.
Terrible to think, but a 5 year old one eyed abandoned girl....what kind of future will she have?
On a side note, the lady who takes care of her wanted her to look cute, so put her in this dress and some cute shoes. We wondered why she was in pain and realized that it was the damn cute shoes. We bought her some new ones, along with a purse and some sunglasses. I told her I wanted to take a picture and she did this pose on her own. Too freakin' cute.
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