Pan is a 16-year-old student in eighth grade living in Cambodia. He has four sisters and four brothers. He enjoys playing football, volleyball, and watching TV. In May 2016, Pan sustained a right distal femur fracture in a motor vehicle accident. He received Khmer traditional medicine (KTM) for the first 19 days since the accident. Since then the area has been swollen and painful, and he has been unable to walk to school. He and his brother traveled to our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), and his doctors recommended an open reduction internal fixation surgery. The surgery will realign his femur and fix it in place with screws and a cast. The total cost of $405 covers the procedure, supplies, imaging, ten days of inpatient care, and one year of follow up visits. Following his surgery and cast removal, Pan is expected to walk easily again and return to school.

This is Pyae Sone, a 19-year-old woman who lives in Burma with her parents, an aunt, two brothers, and her sister. She has lived in the village her entire life, unable to work due to health limitations. Pyae Sone first started experiencing symptoms of fever, pain in her chest and joints, difficulty breathing, and difficulty urinating when she was only 13 years old. Since then, Pyae Sone has been in and out of hospitals in worsening condition. Last year, Pyae Sone's echocardiogram revealed that she suffers from faulty cardiac valves. Pyae Sone requires surgical treatment to correct her heart defect, but her father, a day laborer, and her mother, a seamstress, are unable to afford the operation. Without medical attention, Pyae Sone's health continues to worsen: occasional blood when she coughs and more severe chest pain extending around the side of her thoracic cavity are a few of the current complications. She is now unable to sleep. Pyae Sone needs a complex cardiac surgery to mend the weakened arterial vessels of her heart and to prevent further aortic dissection, or tears in the wall. After the operation, Pyae Sone can learn English and pick up her studies again in good health. Pyae Sone hopes to return home and continue helping her mother work with fabric. She said: "I would like to be a fashion designer and design clothes for teenagers."