This is Nyunt, a loving, married 27-year-old woman from Burma. Nyunt and her husband work at a restaurant that sells curries and vegetables. They often use their income to cover healthcare costs of their two-year-old son and Nyunt's mother. Nyunt currently lives with a painful myoma -- a noncancerous growth of the uterus. “Nyunt has difficulty passing urine, which makes it uncomfortable to work and go outside,” our medical partner, Burma Border Projects (BBP), tells us. “Her condition makes it difficult for her to get pregnant, which she really looks forward to.” Whenever Nyunt enters her menstrual period, she often experiences severe pain. “Because of her condition, she cannot work and therefore cannot support her family,” BBP explains. “This adds to her stress and anxiety." For $865, we can provide Nyunt with gynecological surgery to remove the myoma, so she will be able to work and support her family again. “If the pain leaves, she will be really happy to be together with her children and her husband,” BBP tells us. “She will be able to save her family’s future, and with time, hopefully she may be able to become pregnant and give her son a sibling.”

Meet Martine, a baby girl living with her parents and two older siblings in Haiti. Her mother is a stay-at-home mom and her father works in construction. Martine was born with a heart condition called patent ductus arteriosus, “in which a hole between two parts of the heart that normally closes by itself after a baby is born, instead remains open,” our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, tells us. “As a result, blood can flow through this hole without passing through the lungs to obtain oxygen; leaving the child sickly and breathless. Without treatment, the condition can be fatal.” $1,500 covers Martine’s surgery that will repair her heart and allow her to live a long and happy life. “We are relieved to know that Martine can have this surgery – we don’t know what we would have done without this help!” share her parents.