“When Um's eyesight was better she liked watching the news on TV,” shares our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC). Meet 74-year-old Um! Um lives with her family in Cambodia and enjoys taking care of her nine grandchildren. “Um began losing her eyesight three years ago,” explains CSC. Um has a hypermature cataract in her left eye, a condition that blurs her vision and has made it impossible for her to work on her rice farm with her children. After traveling for six hours on poor roads with her daughter to reach our medical partner, Um remains hopeful that her eyesight will improve with cataract surgery. Let’s help Um restore her vision and prevent future blindness by raising $150! Together we can ensure that Um receives the care she needs.

Meet Eng, a 75-year-old man from Cambodia who has partial blindness in both eyes due to mature cataracts. Before he lost his vision, Eng worked at a pagoda where he helped care and cook for the monks. Now he is unable to work or read and is cared for by his son. According to our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, "Eng is sad that he cannot do things on his own and is in a lot pain." For $150, Eng can receive the cataract surgery he needs in order to improve his eyesight, prevent blindness, and reduce his pain. Our medical partner says, "Eng is most looking forward to returning to work at the pagoda and being able to read again." Let's help Eng regain his vision and his independence!

Tim is a 76-year-old man living in Cambodia, with seven children and seven grandchildren. He enjoys helping out around the house and spending time with his family, but lately has been unable to do so because of his declining vision. Tim's vision has been persistently declining due to the cataracts in both of his eyes, and he is now partially blind. The cloudiness in his eyes will only continue to increase with time, and he now relies on his daughter to help him around the house. For only $100, we can provide Tim with an operation that can extract the cataract from his eye by removing the affected lens fibers and implanting an artificial lens that will restore Tim's eyesight and prevent blindness. Let's allow Tim the opportunity to live an independent life!