Say hello to Kosal, a playful 10-year-old girl from Cambodia! Our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, tells us, “Kosal is an only child and is in grade 2 at her school. In her free time, she likes to play dolls with the other children.” For the past four years, Kosal has been experiencing chronic otitis media, a condition causing frequent ear infections, discharge and pain in her ear. The long-term damage by the infection has also created a hole in Kosal’s eardrum, making it difficult for her to hear her friends and her teachers. If surgery is not done, Kosal will continue to have to deal with constant pain and hearing difficulties that could impact her education and quality-of-life. For $225, we can cover the cost of the surgery required to close the hole in Kosal’s eardrum, and to stop the constant discharge and pain in her ear. Let’s help Kosal live a pain-free and happy childhood!

"Life at the village requires one to walk a lot either going to school, to fetch water or doing other activities. We want our son to be able to help out and help himself too. We are worried that if he won’t be able to walk properly he will end up being dependent," say Furahini’s parents. Meet Furahini, a one-year-old boy from Tanzania. Furahini has a bilateral clubfoot, a condition that will force him to walk on the side of his foot as he learns to walk. The clubfoot is not only painful but "will put him at risk of developing early osteoarthritis later on, if not treated," reports our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation. Furahini is the second child born to a father who is a livestock keeper and a mother who is a homemaker. Most of the parents’ “earnings come from selling goats and not too long ago they lost most of their goats to disease,” continues our medical partner. “The small vegetable garden outside their house is the one that rescued them from not going hungry when they had no goats.” For $1,160 we can fund an orthopedic procedure for Furahini. The treatment will allow him to walk normally and prevent osteoarthritis later in life.