Srun's Story
The Beta Thalassemia Major project first came into existence when VOICE met a Srun. He was very sick and his stomach was swollen like a basketball. After he received his urgent, life-saving blood transfusion, he looked at us for the first time with this big, joyous smile, like only Srun can do. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder that is quite common in Cambodia. A child with Thalassemia Major requires bi-monthly blood transfusions and iron-chelation medication – however, in C