Farewell to Ball
Nog and Jai sit with Ball's Grandmother and Mom.
With great sadness, we said our goodbyes to Ball. After being treated for leukemia since the age of four, Ball succumbed to this chronic illness at the age of 12. He had gone into remission for a short while, which allowed him to attend school. A great joy for him as he had been a good student. He could not attend school because he could get infections very easily. Ball shared, “I miss going to school and seeing my friends.” To keep him on top of his studies, GCPP arranged for Kamnong, one of our student volunteers, to tutor him on Saturday afternoons.
Ball’s dad died in a car accident before he was born and after his mom remarried, at the age of two, he went to live with his grandmother. Ball's mom visited on a regular basis. The Thai government offers a medical health card for the elderly and the chronically ill. Without it, Mrs. Kamon shared, “I don’t know how I would have paid the doctors.”
Ball’s dad died in a car accident before he was born and after his mom remarried, at the age of two, he went to live with his grandmother. Ball's mom visited on a regular basis. The Thai government offers a medical health card for the elderly and the chronically ill. Without it, Mrs. Kamon shared, “I don’t know how I would have paid the doctors.”
Our American friend, Patti, sponsored him. Her daughter,
Yasmina, volunteered some of her time to help teach English when she was an International Exchange Student at Payap University. She shared her pictures and stories through FB
and her mom decided to visit Thailand and see what her daughter was up to.
In this picture, Yasmina and Hope visit with Ball and his grandmother.