Mst. F., 7

Mst. Farhana is a cheerful and determined 7-year-old girl who lives with her parents, newborn sister, and elderly grandparents in a family of six, hoping to speak clearly and enjoy a normal childhood. Her father is the family's only earning member, working as a fisherman with an irregular monthly income of approximately BDT 6,000, which is barely enough to provide food and other basic necessities, leaving the family unable to afford the cost of surgery, hospital care, and medicines. After learning about Helpster Charity through a community outreach programme conducted by Anowar Hossain Anu and Meghlal Roy, the family sought assistance through Al Aqsa Hospital & Diagnostic Centre in the hope of securing the treatment Farhana urgently needs. Despite exhausting their limited resources, they cannot continue her treatment without financial support. Without timely treatment, her tongue-tie may continue to impair her speech, eating, oral hygiene, and confidence, affecting her communication, learning, and social development as she grows.

The recommended treatment is frenuloplasty under general anesthesia (GA) to release the tight lingual frenulum and restore normal tongue movement. Following surgery, Farhana is expected to have improved tongue mobility, clearer speech, easier eating and swallowing, better oral hygiene, and improved overall oral function. With proper postoperative care and, if needed, speech therapy, she is expected to recover well and achieve normal speech and feeding development. If left untreated, tongue-tie may continue to cause speech difficulties, problems with eating and oral hygiene, reduced self-confidence