Chhang is a eighth grade student from Cambodia. He has one sister, and in his free time he enjoys reading books, watching television, and studying with his friends. He hopes to become a teacher when he gets older. Chhang was born with a mass on his upper left eyelid and has been progressively getting bigger and bigger. The mass is very swollen and completely obstructs any vision out of his left eye. Chhang traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. Surgeons at our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), will remove the mass. Now, Chhang needs help to raise $220 to fund this procedure. "I hope that my son will be able to see out of his eye again after surgery and the tumor will stop growing so he can return to school and not be shy around his friends," shared Chhang's mother.

Samjhana hopes to one day become a teacher and help her community, a mountainous area in Nepal where the average person lives on less than $1 a day. She loves studying science, running, and playing volleyball, and like most teenaged girls, just wants to fit in. Last year, Samjhana began experiencing severe abdominal pain. Her mother was extremely worried. She was unable to stop crying when she brought her to Nyaya Health’s facility for help. When doctors at Nyaya examined Samjhana, they discovered that she has an anatomical genital deformity that, if left uncorrected, will threaten her reproductive health for the rest of her life. This is a serious condition that can be treated with surgery, but Samjhana’s family is nowhere near able to pay for the kind of specialized care she needs. With treatment, Samjhana’s doctors are confident that she will be able to live a normal, healthy life. We need to raise $1245 to cover the cost of Samjhana’s surgery, medication, and travel.

Twelve-year-old Joy has been through a lot in her short life. She contracted meningitis when she was two years old, and it spread to her brain. She went into a coma for three days, and her parents struggled to scape together enough money to keep their young daughter alive. When she woke up, Joy was completely paralyzed and unable to talk. Incredibly, in the last ten years, Joy has remained positive and driven despite her challenges. Through grueling hard work and perseverance, she has slowly regained the use of her muscles. Over time, Joy has even recovered her ability to speak. The one thing that Joy has been unable to overcome in the last ten years is her inability to walk. While she’s made great progress in strengthening her muscles, years of paralysis left Joy’s feet deformed, making it extremely painful for her to put weight on them. Joy’s family exhausted itself financially to save her life from meningitis. In a community where the average person makes less than $2 a day, even the most basic medical care is often ridiculously far out of reach, let alone the kind of specialized surgery that Joy needs to fully overcome the challenges she’s endured. Joy has spent the majority of her life working towards normalcy, and we have a chance to help make it happen for her. We need to raise $1000 to cover the cost of Joy’s surgery at CURE International. With treatment, her doctors believe she will be able to walk pain-free and one day live a normal life.

Kingsley was born healthy and strong. He lived a happy, active life until he was five years old, when he suffered a serious stroke. When Kingsley woke up, he wasn’t the same. Doctors diagnosed Kingsley with epilepsy. Soon after, he began to develop hemiparesis, a condition that causes partial paralysis on one side of the body. Kingsley is at the age where he just wants to be normal – to have friends and play sports – but due to his condition he has trouble walking or even standing for long periods of time. Kingsley’s family wants to see him live a healthy life. They live in Malawi, where 74% of the population lives on less than $1.25 a day. The surgery and physical therapy he needs to restore function to his right side costs $1000, an insurmountable sum for them. We hope to cover the entire cost of Kingsley’s care at CURE, and enable him to live the life he deserves.