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- [Narrator] Melbin isa farm worker who lives

with his wife in a ruralcommunity in Honduras.

For the past three yearsit has been impossible

for him to find permanentwork because of a tumor

that has been growing on this jaw.

- People have discriminated against me.

They say, "What happened to you?

"Why is your face swollen?"

I had to tell them it was a tooth

so I wouldn't have to explain.

- [Narrator] Melbin saidhe worked for anyone

that would hire him.

- Once day, I was digginga ditch with a pickaxe.

I started to work, butwhen the sun got hot,

I started to bleed from inside my mouth.

My foreman told me to leave.

- [Narrator] Melbin and hiswife live with his parents

who have been supporting him.

- I felt terrible.

I couldn't do anything,even if I wanted to.

I felt powerless.

- [Narrator] Melbin'sdad also gave him money

to go to the city for medical tests.

There, a specialist told him that he had

a benign tumor and that heneeded to have it removed.

Without an operation, the doctorsaid the tumor would grow,

causing him to losehearing in his left ear.

He also said left untreated,the tumor could kill him.

- At the clinic, theysay take care of yourself

and don't go out in the sun.

Come back with the money orwe cannot do the surgery.

But I could not becauseI didn't have the money.

- [Narrator] Then a staffmember at the clinic told him

about an organization thatmight be able to help,

Operation Blessing.

We met with Melbin andgave him the good news.

- When Operation Blessing toldme that they could help me,

it was the best news I haveever received in my life.

- [Narrator] OperationBlessing then arranged

for Melbin to receivethe surgery he needed.

In a complex procedure, asurgeon removed the tumor

and part of his jaw and replaced it

with a 3D printed prosthetic bone.

This was the result.

- I thank God and all ofthe donors for helping me.

I am grateful becausethey have changed my life.