Meet Richard, a cute, one-year old baby boy from Tanzania. Richard likes to play with cars and crawl around. He is an only child and his parents “love him very much," says our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). Richard was born with bilateral clubfoot. This congenital deformity has delayed his ability to begin walking, and if not treated, Richard will not have the ability to walk on the sole of his foot or wear normal shoes. For $1,160, we can fund treatment that will allow Richard to walk normally for the rest of his life. The cost of the treatment includes cost for the surgery as well as a fiberglass cast. Richard's parents are small-scale farmers and have “already spent a lot of money trying to look for the right treatment for their son without success. Now that they have found where the clubfoot can be corrected, they do not have enough funds to cover the treatment,” says our partner, AMHF. Let's help Richard get walking. As Richard's mother says, “I would like my son to be able to walk, go to school, study well, get a good career and live a better life.”

Debra is a mother who is expecting one more child. Until recently, there wasn't a clean, safe place for women in Debra's community to give birth. Thanks to Lwala Community Alliance, Debra can deliver in a hospital with doctors nearby to help in the event of complications. Life threatening complications occur in 15% of all births, and contribute to the outrageous number of maternal deaths that occur in developing countries. To sustain her family, Debra owns a business at a local market where she sells tomatoes, onions, and small fish. Her husband works on other people’s farms to earn money for their children’s school fees. Debra "prays for a safe delivery in a health facility," and for $215 we can ensure that happens.