Mercy is a friendly and ambitious woman from Nigeria who likes to read and prides herself in her organizational skills. After graduating from university with a degree in economics, she hoped to secure a job, or even start her own business, to help her siblings and widowed mother with their finances. However, Mercy was recently involved in a car accident that left her with multiple injuries and a lipoma (large but benign tumor) on her lower back. Since then, she has been unable to walk properly, and experiences excruciating pain when she does try to walk. She says her hopes of going into business are starting to fade. For $1,500, doctors can perform an x-ray and CT scan on Mercy to check that her spine is not damaged, and remove the lipoma on her lower back. Mercy says, "I want to find employment so that I can help my siblings and other girls who are going through issues in their schooling or careers." Let's help her get well again so that she can fulfill her wish!

Meet Alex, a 17-year-old student from Kenya who lives with his two younger siblings and mother. Alex has a condition called retro torticollis, a neurological movement disorder that makes him unable to support his neck. He experiences chronic neck pain which makes it extremely difficult to concentrate in school. “My son has suffered for so long," Alex's mother says. "I long for the day his neck problem will be fixed. I pray that it happens soon so that he can be relieved of this pain.” For $1,200, we can pay for Alex to receive a surgery that will release the nerves in the stiff muscle. This will reduce pain, allow Alex to support his neck, and let him continue attending school and playing with friends. Let's fulfill his mother's hope and give Alex the healthcare he needs!

Two-year-old Ibtisam is an only child who lives with her parents in Kenya. Ibtisam's father describes her as a "happy and jovial girl." When Ibtisam was a year old, she crawled towards a pot of boiling water and tipped it, pouring the hot water on her hand. Ibtisam's parents have spent all the money they have saved up to treat their daughter's burns. Because of their efforts, Ibtisam's father was fired from his job for missing work to take care of his daughter. He lost his health insurance and now doesn't have the money to fund the final step in his daughter's healing process; a surgery. "My daughter does not know that her hand is deformed, but as she grows, she will become more aware of how different she is from other children," Ibtisam's father says. "My prayer is that she will still be a happy girl." For $815, we can fund Ibtisam's surgery and help her regain mobility in her hand so she can grow up happy like her father hopes!