The past couple of months left Soledad Gogolin, 76, in visual difficulty as she struggled going through her daily routine. Both her eyes were affected with cataract, a clouding of the lens of the eye which impairs her vision. If it progresses, her future is unclear....
“I am not ashamed of doing everything for him since he can’t live without me,” said Dominga Martin, looking fondly at her son who was peacefully waiting for his new gift of mobility. Nanang Ingga, as she wanted to be called, is 79 years old; but despite her age, she...
She has been crawling for 45 years. She was suddenly deprived of her mobility, so her husband and sons have been tending to her every need since. When Visitacion Batangan, now 65, gave birth to her first son, she felt a surging pain in the lower part of her body....
“We should be careful. If we feel something, we shouldn’t ignore it. Ours started with a fever and we thought it was only triggered by the rainy season, until I felt difficulty in breathing. That’s the time, I went to see a doctor,” says Jocelyn while sharing her...
How can you be able to raise your family if you yourself can’t stand on your own? This is the struggle that Manuel Barrion Jr., is facing after he suffered leg paralysis due to hypokalemia, a condition caused by low potassium in the blood. We met Manuel in Brgy....
Operation Blessing’s Life-Changing Surgery assists impoverished Filipino children and adults with debilitating medical conditions or injuries that can be corrected through surgery. This is how your support changed Rogelio’s life in 2021. In 2019, Rogelio...
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