18 months of working and hoping have paid off... One of our young guys, a 14 year old boy with a tumour growing on his face, has been accepted for surgery in a hospital in Brisbane, Australia.
Last year, the boy - Quan - was refused access to a school because the tumour would 'be a distraction to other students'.
Operation Smile has organised the surgery. Quan arrives in Brisbane around March 10, and leaves 4 weeks later. If all goes according to plan, he will return to Vietnam with a whole new appearance, and the discrimination and taunts will be just a bad memory.
BUT - we need to find a Vietnamese-speaking host family in Brisbane, who can provide accommodation and some support to Quan and his mother for a month! If any blog readers have contacts in Brisbane, please pass the message along...
1 comment:
great job, blue dragon! have you tried asking for help from a local Rotary club in Brisbane? They might be able to find the boy and his mother a Vietnamese host family.
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