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A Heart-breaking Insight Into The Reality of Poverty Blindness

May 1, 2021

When Murathi went blind, surgery was out of reach. Despite living only one hour away from an eye hospital, the family simply did not have NRS 8,000 (approx USD $70) needed for her surgery.

Her husband and her son, both daily wage earners, had to make do with odd jobs in construction. With almost seven mouths to feed along with some household debt, saving up the amount needed for Murathi’s operation seemed like an insurmountable task.

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