20-year-old Chin is a factory worker from Cambodia. She is the youngest of four siblings, and her favorite pastimes are reading books and cleaning. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) shares, "When Chin was ten years old, she began having recurrent ear discharge and hearing loss from her right ear." Despite receiving treatment in the past, she still experiences pain, discharge, and hearing loss. "When I have ear discharge it feels painful and there is a bad smell," shares Chin. "This disrupts my life and makes it difficult to communicate with my friends." After hearing about CSC from a fellow villager who received treatment, Chin traveled three hours to seek help from our medical partner. For $399 Chin will receive a myringoplasty to stop the discharge and regain her hearing. "I hope after treatment, the ear discharge stops and I can have good hearing," Chin shares. "I want to study English."

28-year-old Chandy is a rice farmer from Cambodia. He spends his free time watching soccer on television. “Seven days ago, Chandy was injured by wood hitting his left eye," says our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC). "This caused a traumatic cataract. He has blurred vision, pain, and irritation." "I can't do work at the farm field or go anywhere outside," Chandy shares. Cataracts occur as proteins develop in the lens of the eye, causing cloudiness. Without treatment, the cloudiness increases over time and results in slowly deteriorating vision. They can ultimately result in total blindness. For $150, we can fund surgery to cure Chandy’s cataract by replacing the lens in his eye. The doctor will make a small incision to surgically remove the clouded lens and replace it with a new, artificial lens. “I hope my eye can see everything clearly again and I can to continue to do my work at farm, and I don’t have to worry about going blind anymore,” Chandy adds.