Srey Nak is a 17-year-old girl from Cambodia. She has two brothers and two sisters, and she is the third child in her family. Srey Nak enjoys watching Thai dramas on TV. Srey Nak was born with a squint in each eye - a condition called strabismus. This condition causes her eyes to turn inward, which creates difficulty with her vision. For $264, Srey Nak will undergo a correction procedure in each eye, which will improve her vision and improve her confidence. Srey Nak looks forward to recovering after her surgery. She is most looking forward to having straight eyes and being less shy around her friends.

Soklin is a 17-year-old girl in the twelfth grade from Cambodia. She has a younger sister, and she enjoys reading history books and watching Thai dramas. Soklin has had esotropia in her left eye since she was four months old. Esotropia is a form of strabismus that causes her eye to turn inward. For $264, Soklin will undergo a squint correction procedure that will improve her vision and confidence when going to school. Soklin says, "I hope my eye is good looking with a straight eye so that I feel better than now and not be shy with my friends, neighbors, and everyone else. I want to feel good when I study. In the future, I want to be a Pharmacist."

Yon is a 28-year-old woman from Cambodia who has five older sisters and one older brother. She works as a cleaner and enjoys reading books in her free time. At age 13, Yon developed an ear infection in her left ear. Over time, this has caused ear pain, hearing loss, and daily ear discharge. She is unable to communicate with other people because of the ear pain. Yon has also developed a cholesteatoma, an abnormal skin growth located behind the eardrum. It initially develops as a cyst after chronic ear infections or perforation of the eardrum. Over time, the cyst sheds layers of old skin that collect within the ear. Without treatment, a cholesteatoma can grow large enough to cause hearing loss, dizziness, or facial paralysis. Yon traveled six hours by bus with her sister to reach Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) for treatment. Ear, nose, and throat surgeons at CSC will perform a mastoidectomy, a surgical procedure in which the diseased cells in the hollow, air-filled spaces in the skull behind Yon's ears are removed. The cells—known as mastoid air cells—are diseased as a result of Yon's chronic ear infections that spread to the skull structures near her ears. Surgeons will also repair her perforated eardrums and remove the cholesteatomas that have grown behind them. $842 pays for Yon's mastoidectomy as well as two hearing tests, two nights in the hospital, lab tests, and medicine. After surgery, Yon's ear pain and discharge will stop. Let's help make that happen!

Jacenta is a 69-year-old hard-working farmer from Uganda. She and her husband grow beans, millet, yams, and sorghum. They live with the youngest of their eight children. Jacenta enjoys moments when she is in the garden with her husband helping her. In her free time she enjoys weaving baskets and going to church, where she is a parish leader. For the past seven years, Jacenta has suffered from a hernia, a condition in which intestinal tissue protrudes through a weakened area in the abdominal wall. The pain she experiences has prevented her from doing her daily work. When Jacenta's hernia first developed, people told her that it was just pain that would go away on its own. When the pain did not subside, she attempted to use herbs to treat herself. However, the herbs did not help, and now the hernia is larger and very painful. Jacenta requires hernia repair surgery, during which doctors will return the herniated tissue to the abdominal cavity and seal the weakness in the abdominal wall. With her small income, she cannot afford the $208 treatment. She has used all of her earnings to pay tuition for her daughter, who recently completed a nursing course and has not yet found a job. Jacenta has, however, contributed $8 toward the cost of her surgery. After surgery, Jacenta is looking forward to growing food to support her family. Now that her last daughter has finished school, she will save the money that comes from the surplus produce to invest. "I pray that God blesses you for supporting me, and that His blessings overflow so that other people too can be helped," says Jacenta. "I also hope to continue supporting the need in my community."

Meet Douglas, a 10-year-old boy from Kenya. Douglas was born with hypospadias, a condition that affects his urethral opening. If left untreated, Douglas may suffer urinary tract infections, urine leaks, and even impotence. Douglas is the sixth-born in a family of seven children. Douglas’s parents are concerned because he is not doing well in fifth grade, and believe that the physical and psychological discomfort associated with his condition are to blame for his falling behind. Douglas’s father is a subsistence farmer, while his mother is a housemaid. It is already a strain on their combined incomes to pay for the basic needs of seven children, and paying for Douglas’s surgery is out of the question for them. For $655, surgeons will perform hypospadias repair surgery. The funding will also cover the lab tests and ten-day hospital stay involved in Douglas’s operation. “I hope that I will be treated soon and get back to normal,” Douglas shared.