Meet Nicodemus a 14 year-old boy. He is social and likes inventing new things. Nicodemus is the 4th born in a family of 5 children. He is class 8 candidate at Daystar Primary School in Athi River. The family hails from Athi River in Machakos County. His mother is a vendor and widowed. She sells porridge and chapatis in the construction sites. His mother noticed a sudden change in his walking style last year. Nicodemus also complained of his knees knocking each other a situation which was giving him a rough time to walk and play with her friends at school. He currently feels pain as he walks as the left knee knock the right. He is currently using crutches to walk and his condition is worsening. “I would love to walk like other people, I am not comfortable with walking using crutches and I would like to achieve my passion of becoming an engineer. Any kind of support will be highly appreciated.” Nicodemus informed us.

“I can’t wait to go back to school and be able to play with my friends,” says an eager Mengly. Mengly is a seven-year-old boy living in Cambodia whose schooling has been interrupted by vision loss due to a traumatic cataract in his right eye. “A month ago, a piece of wood hit Mengly’s eye and a cataract formed—making it hard for him to see out of his right eye,” our medical partners at Children’s Surgical Centre tell us. “He has a hard time reading and has had to stop going to school.” $150 will fund cataract surgery for Mengly, improving his eyesight and allowing him to return to first grade. Let’s help Mengly continue his education and allow him to play with his friends again!