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Visually-impaired girl heading out for surgery
The visually-impaired father of 11-year-old Paula Cottom, who needed financial aid
The president of UWSC, Jennifer Comacho, handing over the cheque to Paula Cottom
to fly to Trinidad and Tobago for an eye surgery has been ‘beating’ the pavement tirelessly to raise the balance to provide their meals and accommodation, said the United Women for Special Children.
The United Women for Special Children (UWSC) has also played a significant role in assisting the family with the outstanding US$1000 to cover the cost for the surgery while the Ministry of Health contributed US$2000.
Yesterday, Ms Ann Geer, Immediate Past President of the United Women for Special Children said, “As a group we are very pleased to assist as we fulfill our mandate to help differently abled children and try to assist any child with a special need. These children must be encouraged and nurtured to achieve their rightful place in society.”
The St. Angela’s Primary School student who recently wrote the National Grade Six Assessment Examinations also received donations from other voluntary groups and private persons and businesses.
Cottom will leave Guyana for the Twin-island republic tomorrow for her surgery.
At the age of seven, Cottom started suffering from a complicated cataract which later resulted in her being blind in the right eye.
Recently, she was also diagnosed with “Inferior Retinal Detachment with macula involvement with Development Cataract” in her left eye.
The little girl’s father, Paul Cottom, who has been suffering from cataract in both eyes for almost six years, did all that was possible in his means to raise the funds to fly his daughter to Trinidad and Tobago.
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