Khyler is a 12-year-old girl from the Philippines. Our medical partner, International Care Ministries (ICM), tells us that Khyler is very active at school and loves drawing and singing. Khyler has a painful swelling in her right eye, numbness in her lower arm, and a mass on the sole of her right foot due to a condition called neurofibroma, which is a tumor of the nerves. Because of the swellings on her body, Khyler is bullied by her classmates which has caused her emotional distress, ICM shares. Her parents cannot afford any treatment because the family is recovering from a recent typhoon. “We are very hopeful for the treatment of our child,” says her parents, “we want to see our child live normally, free from the bullies around.” $1,500 will help Khyler receive a blepharoplasty and mass excisions; the treatment will remove the swellings and surgically repair her eyelid. It will also hopefully improve her self esteem. Khyler's parents tell ICM, “after the treatment, she is excited to have more friends and be a normal teenager.”

Meet Lucy! Lucy is a 59-year-old woman from Kenya and a mother of four sons. Her sons are casual workers and most have their own families. Lucy lives with her daughter-in-law and together they plant maize and beans near their home. Lucy has an ileostomy, an opening in the belly made during surgery from when she had a bowel obstruction. She has been unable to pass stool normally or work on her farm for over a year. Lucy has been unable to raise funds for the ileostomy reversal, but if left untreated, Lucy is susceptible to infections and blockage. For $620, our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, will be able to provide Lucy with curative laparotomy surgery of her abdominal wall. The treatment is expected to prevent infections, allow Lucy to pass stool normally, and work on her farm again. "I have not been able to join my daughter-in-law on the farm for almost two years now. I want to get well so that I can work again," Lucy shares. Let's help make it happen!

Meet Saw Klein, a 30-year-old man from Burma! Our medical partner, Burma Border Projects tells us, "He is a farmer and works on his own land. He is not married and has no children. He grows rice and beans and his family also plants a few rubber trees.” “Saw Klein is very thin and deals with severe jaundice. The big toe on his left foot causes him severe physical discomfort. Although there is little sensation, there is still a little blood flow which causes him serious pain. From below the knee there is no blood flow and so the leg is very thin – it’s just bone. He cannot stand or lie down, he can only sit. He cannot sleep and he has no appetite,” explains BBP. Saw Klein was diagnosed with human pythiosis, which is a fungal infection, a life-threatening infections disease. For $1,500, Saw Klein will receive a mid-thigh amputation to preserve the limb integrity of his left leg, and to get rid of the pain and discomfort from his leg. “At the moment, I cannot think about having a girlfriend because I am in pain all the time, but in the future I will,” says Saw Klein. Let’s help Saw start living a pain-free life, and to regain some of his independence!