Elida is a 26-year-old farmer from Uganda who is expecting her second child. Elida and her husband live in southwest Uganda. When she is not working in the fields, Elida enjoys weaving mats for her house, participating in the local savings and loans group, and singing in the church choir. Because Elida's first child was delivered by caesarean section, she is considered to have a high-risk pregnancy. Doctors want to monitor her carefully in case any unexpected complications arise. Elida lives about 50 km from the hospital, so she is staying in the hospital under constant supervision starting on June 25 until her baby is delivered. Elida is very thankful to all of the donors for supporting her delivery. Although she is able to contribute $7 to the cost of her care, she is still in need of $241 to cover her antenatal and postpartum visits, hospital stay and delivery, labs, and medication.

Meet Thavy, a 30-year-old woman from Cambodia. For the last five years Thavy has lived with chronic otitis media. As our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), explains, “Thavy has had both of her eardrums perforated.” A perforated eardrum means that there is a hole in the eardrum caused by infection or injury. As a result of living for so long with a perforation, Thavy has constant discharge from her ear and cannot hear well. CSC shares, “Thavy lives alone usually, but now she lives with her mother. She spends most of the day helping her mom cook and clean. She had bought some medications from the pharmacy but they did her no good.” Thavy needs a myringoplasty—a surgical procedure in which skin from another part of the ear is used to patch the eardrum. With $399 in funding, she will receive the surgery she needs to stop the discharge from her ear and restore her hearing.