Mary is a 66-year-old strong, self-sufficient woman in Kenya who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Mary makes her living selling kale from her own garden. To fight breast cancer and prevent it from spreading to other parts of her body, Mary needs to undergo a mastectomy. Mary’s doctors expect that she will make a full recovery after her mastectomy and be able to live independently and return to kale gardening. Mary refuses to let cancer get the best of her and is determined to keep living self-sufficiently. Her mastectomy will cost $830, and although Mary has been a diligent, successful gardener throughout her life, she cannot afford this procedure. If Mary is able to have her mastectomy funded, she can continue to live as the tenacious, incredible woman she is. Let's help her out!

Meet Leyvi, a young woman from Guatemala who came our our medical partner for a consultation on a rapidly growing mass in one of her breasts. "Leyvi is from a Kaqchikel Maya town where we have been working for a very long time," her doctor says. "She came to us through word of mouth. She had been to see several doctors but was unable to afford any of the diagnostic procedures or treatments that they recommended." After being turned away by multiple doctors for her inability to pay, Leyvi is way overdue for the medical care she deserves. For $525, we can help her out by funding diagnostics (hopefully to rule out cancer) and the removal of her mass (which, even if benign, is causing her a lot of pain and discomfort). Let's make it happen for Leyvi!

Noemi is a 33-year-old Kaqchikel speaking woman from Guatemala who has a large and painful breast mass that she's worried might be cancer. She is the main provider for her family, so in addition to the hinderance of the pain, she's concerned about the risk of breast cancer and eager to have the mass removed. Removing the mass will cost $525. Our medical partner in Guatemala writes, "Noemi works hard, but she is worried for her health and also worried what the impact of her illness would be on her family. She makes just enough money to scrape by, and this medical procedure is financially out of her reach." Let's fund Noemi’s surgery so she can continue supporting her family!

Daw Win is a 51-year-old woman from Burma. She works as a phone operator in her village, and spent all of her free time taking care of her aging mother until she passed away recently. For the past twenty years, Daw Win has been seeking treatments for a prolapsed uterus. This happens when the pelvic muscle walls weaken. Because the uterus is no longer supported, it descends and causes back pain, numbness, and swelling. These symptoms worsened when Daw Win was constantly lifting and caring for her mother, and walking long distances for her job. Daw Win says she is extremely stressed about her financial situation. She incurred debt while caring for her mother, and cannot even come close to being able to afford the hysterectomy she needs to treat her condition. She is looking for help to raise $540 to cover the cost of her surgery, which will allow her to recover fully and begin working again.