Donations pour in for Roberta

There may be light at the end of the tunnel for Roberta Sandejas.

Donations have been pouring in for the hospitalization fund of Roberta, the 21-year-old De La Salle University coed who became blind and severely disfigured after a mentally ill relative threw acid on her face last year.

The STAR has received a total of P71,700 and $40 for Roberta, while lawyer Guilileo Angeles offered his professional services to her for free.

Roberta has been in touch with Dr. Robert Spence, chief of the Department of Public Surgery of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Roberta said Spence has "been kind enough" to offer to try to do more reconstructive procedures on her.

Spence has assured Roberta he will refer her to the Wilmer Eye Institute in the same hospital so she may be examined to assess whether anything else can be done to restore her vision.

Roberta is grateful the surgeons have offered to operate on her for free.

However, the expenses for her treatment, estimated between $25,000 and $30,000, will not be shouldered by the hospital.

Her family can no longer afford the treatment for they still owe the Makati Medical Center for Roberta’s hospitalization.

Roberta is appealing for help from foundations or individuals who could assist her in her journey towards recovery.

The donors and the amount of their donations are:

MGB, P20,000;• Ed Carreon, $ 40; AMS of Gilmore, Quezon City, 5,000; SGL of San Juan, P1,000; Marcos Tan of Cubao, Quezon City; P1,000, Erwin Tan of Binondo, Manila,P2,000; Carla, Bianca & Alia Vargas, P100; Elsie Go of Binondo, P2,000;

Anonymous, P3,000; CNB of San Lorenzo, Makati; P1,000; Rodolfo Manlulu of San Pablo, Laguna, P500; MILEAGE ASIA Mktg. Co., P15,000; Lily Manzano, P5,000; FM of NSCB, P5,000; Hen Lin, P5,000, Anonymous, P5,000; Teresita C. Reyes, P1,000; and June, P100.

Prospective donors may call Operation Damayan’s Beth Burce at 527-79-01.