Meet Hum, an 83-year-old man living in Cambodia with his wife, six children and 12 grandchildren. He likes listening to the monks praying and, before his eyesight weakened, enjoyed reading a wide variety of books. “Hum has a hypermature cataract in his left eye which makes his eyesight very blurry,” explains our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre. “He can’t see anything very clearly and can’t help his daughter do work at home. He can’t read letters anymore and he is unable to look after his grandchildren.” For $150, Hum will receive cataract surgery in his left eye which will give him clear vision. Not only will this surgery sharpen his eyesight and improve his daily life, Hum is also excited that it will allow him to travel. "I want to go visit my daughter who lives far away because I haven't seen her in a long time," he says. Let's help Hum see clearly and spend more time with his family!

“I dream of a better future where my children are educated, have steady work, and they can all depend on themselves,” shares Lillian, a cheerful 24-year-old woman from Kenya. Lillian and her husband, who are expecting their second child together, sell shoes and are small-scale farmers. Abdominal pain, headaches, and backache from her pregnancy have made it difficult for Lillian to continue her daily household duties. Lillian is hoping that Watsi donors can raise $290 to cover basic prenatal, delivery, and postnatal services. According to our medical partner, the Lwala Community Alliance, this will ensure a “safe delivery, reduced risk of complication, and increased knowledge of how to stay healthy and prevent disease.”

"Buntheoun's vision began to blur six months ago," Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) tells us about this 57-year-old gentleman from Cambodia. "He has had to stop working as a rice farmer and has a hard time supporting his four children and three grandchildren." "Buntheoun needs his daughter to help care for him which means she cannot work and care for her children," CSC continues. "This makes Buntheoun sad. He hopes the surgery is a success so he can resume work and visit the pagoda on his own." By funding the $150 Buntheoun needs to cover the cost of cataract surgery, we can help the CSC team restore his vision. In no time we can get Buntheoun back to work and listening to the chanting of the monks from the pagoda.

Meet Im, a 32-year-old man from Cambodia. Im loves to eat the notorious durian fruit, a popular regional fruit with a very pungent odor, too strong for most folks to handle. Six months ago, Im dislocated his right hip in a motorbike accident. He went to a hospital near his house, but the doctor could not see anything wrong with his x-ray. Im went home thinking the pain would get better, but he still hasn’t recovered and has lost his job due to difficulty walking. Im has been seeking help from a traditional village healer, but what he really needs is open reduction surgery to put his hip bone back into place so he can walk again! For $300, we can help restore Im’s mobility so he can be as adventurous in life as he is in his choice of fruit!

Little Lidia resides in Guatemala and is just three weeks old! Unfortunately, she has become significantly malnourished as a result of her mother’s inability to produce milk and her family’s financial situation, which has prevented them from purchasing formula for Lidia. Lidia is rapidly losing weight and needs aggressive formula supplementation to restore her nutrition. For $525, we can provide Lidia with nine months of exceptional formula, in addition to nutrition monitoring, which will help restore her weight and vitality. Let's help little Lidia grow up to live a full and healthy life!

Meet Wandia, a new patient at Kijabe Hospital, one of our partner facilities in Kenya. Wandia is a beautiful 9-month-old who is her parents' firstborn. Her father is a laborer and her mother a housewife, and together they own a piece of land where they farm for subsistence. Wandia was born with spina bifida, a mass on her back that could lead to kyphosis and scoliosis (an abnormally curved spine), and an inability to control her bowel and bladder. She is also at risk of developing life-threatening infections. Wandia's mother is worried about her first daughter and says, “My prayer and hope is that Wandia’s surgery will be successful and that she will be able to recover soon.” For $980, Wandia will receive surgery to close the neural tube in her spine, which will remove the mass on her back and allow her to live a healthy life!