Mr Chong has to support his wife, who is a mental patient (over twenty years) by selling recyclable items which he collects from coffee shops nearby his home. After a few visits to the General Hospital of Ipoh, he was diagnosed with cataract. However he was informed that there is a long queue and he has to wait for at least 7 months. He was always worried of his safety while on the road because of his poor eye-sight. He used to think that if he met with an accident, the wife would be left alone. It was his main concern. He was then recommended us. Arrangements was made and surgery was carried out within a month (in September 2010) At that time, cataract has covered 75% of his sight. He can now see clearly. He can safely ride his old motorcycle in town to continue collecting recycle items to support his wife. "I do not have any needs now", said a happier Mr Chong. He is now considering of going for the next cataract surgery of his another eye.
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Ms Cheok Zein Yiin, 26, was diagnosed with Glaucoma at the age of 16. She
completely lost her sight at the age of 21. At an age where most youths would
have started pursuing their dreams, Yen Yin has to face a life living in
complete darkness. Lost and depressed Yen Yin spent much of her time at home,
except for the times her family takes her out for outings she had no contact at
all with the outside world. Despite getting good results in her A levels she
found difficulties in finding institutions that was willing to accept her. Her
family was very worried about her as she was started losing interest in her own
life. Her brother approached us about her problem and we start to provide
support for her. It took us awhile to reach out to her but after counselling,
rehabilitation and her newfound faith in God, she has showed much recovery and
is willing to accept her disability. Now, just like any other youths, she has
found the determination to pursue her dreams courageously. Yen Yin is now living
her dream to pursue a career in music and is poised to earn her Diploma in Piano
within the next 2 years.
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Uncle Cheng, 70, is unmarried and lives alone in the Puchong Indah low cost
flats. His mobility was seriously affected due to his failing eyesight which was
impaired by cataract. Besides cataract Uncle Cheng is also a diabetic and has
high blood pressure. He needs to go to hospitals regularly for treatments, which
is now affected by his limited mobility. We came to know of his needs in our
community eye screening event with the Selangor Welfare Department. Surgery has
since been arranged and Uncle Cheng will be more mobile upon his recovery.
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Jarajor Annmalai is single mother taking care of 2 children. She has not worked
for the past year due to impaired vision and was depending on welfare to
survive. At our SOS eye screening event in Kapar Klang ,she was detected with
cataract in both eye. Surgery was done in mid February and is now still
recuperating. Due to her diabetic condition we will be arranging for another
surgery in March.
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Sister Claire is a community worker, taking care of abandoned children with
spasticity. Since last year due to poor vision, the condition has restricted her
work. We met her from an eye screening event in Puchong Indah welfare centre.
She was diagnosed with cataract. Surgery was done in late January and she has
recovered since then and is back to her active work.
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Teh Yun Sean, 4, was born with Glaucoma and needed surgery on his surgery on his
left eye to prevent further optic nerve damage. Since then he has to use 2
different Glaucoma eye drops and regular checks to prevent further vision loss.
Being a baby, he was administered general anesthetics for every eyecheck. Born
to a poor family the boys mother had to work from home as a seamstress in order
to take care of him. His treatments in General Hospital requires them to travel
from Klang. His father earns his living as van driver. When Yun Seon mother
contacted us for help, we started to counsel the family and is still seeking for
a local ophthalmologist that is willing to manage her sons condition. Our
missions hope to meet this need soon as this would certainly help to provide
some relief to this family.
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GOD Answer Prayer
Mdm Rajaswary, 30, is a mother of 3 young children. She stays among the low cost flats in Kota Damansara with her husband, the sole bread winner of the family working as a tour bus driver. Rajaswary regularly goes to the Damansara Utama Methodist Church, Tamil Ministry with her children and even servers in the Tamil Ministry. On the 19tth of June during our missions eye health checks for the Tamil congregation, Rajaswary was detected with symptoms of a serious eye disorder by the attending doctors as she could hardly see with her left eye. The missions team subsequently arrange for further checks to find out what was troubling her sight. Upon further investigations Rajeswari eyes was stricken with cornea cross linking . She needed urgent surgery to repair her left eye sight while her right eye sight can treated in a few months time. Rajaswary had never suspected that she was stricken with such a serious eye disorder that could caused her to lose her sight ! She had initially thought it was the broken lens on her spectacles that was causing her visual impairment. As she had no money to repair her spectacles she wanted to wait for our missions screening service to help her sight problem. Surgery was immediately arranged for as the condition of her left eye wads bad. Rajaswary was very worried about her condition as the fear of blindness crippled her. Fears of being a burden to her husband and her young children, uncertainties about the success of the surgery and having no capabilities to pay for the surgeries, Rajaswary was troubled. The pastor and leaders of the church Tamil Ministry told her to pray and lay down all her burdens to the Lord Jesus Christ. On the 29th of June Rajaswary went for the surgery and Praise the Lord she has since regain her left eye sight. The church has also managed to raise the funds needed for the surgery. Her testimony is truly a blessing from GOD. In GODs timing the Lord has delivered her from blindness! GOD does answers prayers, Amen!
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Ms Punita, age 33 is a single mother with a 12 year old daughter and has to take
care of both her ailing parents. Her parents vision was impaired recently by
cataract, causing much duress for Ms Punita. Recently unemployed, she had much
difficulties surviving and now further burdened by her parents health and vision
condition Ms Punita was at her wits end in finding the means to treat her
parents condition. We came to know of her plight during our screening event in
Puchong with the Welfare Department when her mother came to collect her welfare
aid. We have since arranged the cataract surgeries for her parents.
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