Four-year-old Lovelyn likes to play tag and house. She has five siblings, and her family lives in a bamboo house. Her father, Francisco, is a charcoal maker. Lovelyn has been diagnosed with moderately acute malnutrition. She began $184 malnutrition treatment on October 17. She is being treated by International Care Ministries (ICM), a Watsi medical partner. One out of five children under five in ICM communities is either severely or moderately acutely malnourished. Worldwide, poor nutrition is associated with nearly half of all deaths in young children. In remote communities and urban slums of the Philippines, the lack of clean water and unclean environments add risk to potentially fatal childhood diseases. ICM’s Home-Based Feeding program provides nutrient-enriched food packs to ensure malnourished children get additional food to regain normal weight and achieve optimum physical and mental development. After identifying a child as malnourished, staff and community volunteers make weekly visits to monitor this child’s progress. To help sustain the health of the child, ICM's professional staff educate the mother, guardian, or other family members about proper nutrition, sanitation, hygiene, and organic vegetable gardening.

Muganzi is a seven-year-old boy from Uganda. He is the seventh of his parents' children. He is not in school yet due to of lack of money. His parents have a house on a small plot and they don’t have a piece of land of their own for cultivation. They depend on the mercy of other people, who rent them pieces of land. They struggle a lot, through casual labour, to get money to pay for the education of their six children in school. Three months ago Muganzi developed a swelling on his abdomen, which is painful and is increasing in size. He no longer plays with his friends because of the pain. His parents had not taken him to hospital because of a lack of enough money for both transport and treatment. Muganzi's father brought him to Holy Family Virika Hospital, a Watsi care center, after his friend told him about the Watsi program. Muganzi suffers form para-umbilical hernia, a condition where part of his intestine is protruding through the inner umbilical (belly button) area.If not treated, the hernia could become stuck, leading to damage to the intestine or even the stomach. $249 will cover the costs of the surgery and care Muganzi needs. After surgery, his parents hope to put Muganzi in school in 2017. Let's help raise the funds! Muganzi shared, “I am worried about my child’s life but I am sure he will be fine since I have hope that we are going to get support for his treatment.”