Healthcare for Poor Families: GFA World's Compassionate Aid

WILLS POINT, TX – Explore how GFA World offers healthcare for poor families in South Asia, providing medical assistance and support to those in need.

Anavi broke down in tears when she heard the news: Her daughter Tvisha had a hole in her heart and needed surgery.

As a widow who struggled to provide for four children, Anavi knew she would never be able to afford the (approximately $5,800) needed for the surgery.

Medical Checkup Ends in Fear

Despite grinding poverty, Anavi had always managed somehow to feed her children. Then, the family’s situation looked up when Tvisha was enrolled in GFA World Child Sponsorship Program, which provided for the girl’s education and a nutritious meal each day. When Anavi got a job as a cook at the Child Sponsorship Program centre, the family’s financial burden eased further. The family’s basic needs were met, and Tvisha began excelling in her studies.

One day, though, the Child Sponsorship Program centre hosted a medical camp for the children, inviting a pediatrician to give checkups to the students. When the doctor was checking Tvisha, he noticed something wasn’t right and concluded she might have a hole in her heart…

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