Vireak is a three-month-old baby boy from Cambodia. He is the only child in his family and he traveled two hours with his mom to reach Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) for surgery. Vireak was born with a congenital cataract in each eye. This causes cloudy lenses and he can't see anything. His mother is worried that he will be blind forever. For $225, eye doctors at CSC will perform a lensectomy to remove the cataract from each eye. He will return when he is older to have IOL implants so he can see clearly. "I hope my son can see everything clearly so he can go to school when he is older and play with other kids," says Vireak's mother.

“My wish is to get treated so I can see clearly again and continue working with my wife to provide for my family,” Mike shares. Mike is a 30-year-old father of two who lives with his wife and children in a two-room mud house in rural Kenya. Mike and his wife practice subsistence farming. Their town has been struggling with the problems of frequent cattle theft and low economic opportunity. This past May, Mike was hit by a tree branch while working on his farm. The branch made direct contact with his right eye. Ever since then, that eye has been causing him pain, and has been unable to perceive light in that eye. He has been using eye drops prescribed by a local dispensary, but this treatment has not improved his condition. Recently, Mike attended an eye camp organized by the nearby Kijabe Hospital. The doctor there diagnosed him with a traumatic cataract and recommended he undergo cataract removal surgery. However, Mike is not able to pay for this procedure, in part due to the toll that his injury has taken on his ability to work. Because of Mike's vision loss and daily pain, his wife has had to take over many of the tasks on the farm that they used to do together. But for $230, we can sponsor Mike’s operation, as well as the medications and brief hospital stay he will need for the surgery. With some financial assistance, Mike will be able to see clearly again—and get back to supporting his family.