Five-year-old Modern lives with his mother and five siblings in a Ugandan village, 40 kilometers away from the hospital. “[Modern’s] mother and father are separated, making it difficult for the mother to support the children,” our medical partner, the Kellermann Foundation, tells us. “She does some farming of sweet potatoes and beans and also digs crops for others.” Modern has acute malnutrition. The Kellermann Foundation explains that Modern’s condition, “severely [affects] his energy level and [causes] edema and skin sores.” Nutrition plays a fundamental role in normal childhood development. Without a healthy diet, Modern’s condition makes him susceptible to a weakened immune system alongside stunted mental and physical growth. For $375, Modern can receive treatment to overcome his acute malnutrition. Nutrient-rich therapeutic milk will be added into his diet to stabilize his nutrition levels. This intervention will reduce the effects of his malnutrition and edema, enabling Modern to grow normally. To help subsidize his treatment, Modern’s mother contributed $1 to the total treatment cost. After recovering, Modern will be able to return to kindergarten where he enjoys playing soccer and crafting things out of paper to share with the other children in his class.