“Sreyneang works in one of the many garment factories around Cambodia," our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), tells us. "She lives alone and sends money back to her family. She enjoys listening to Khmer pop songs.” Sreyneang is 23 years old, and was sent by a neighbor to get help from CSC. “Sreyneang has had a very stiff right knee for most of her life, a result of receiving improper injections from a very young age into her quadriceps,” CSC reports. “She has serious trouble fully extending her leg.” It is also very painful for Sreyneang to walk more than a short distance. With $378 in funding, Sreyneang will receive a quadriceplasty—a corrective surgical procedure on the quadriceps muscle and tendon that releases adhesions and improves mobility. The funding will also cover medication, post-operative care, food, and a 10-day hospital stay for Sreyneang. Following surgery, CSC explains, “Sreyneang will have more mobility in her leg and will not feel pain after walking short distances.” Let’s help Sreyneang get the care she needs to live without pain.

Meet Phon, a 70-year-old woman from Cambodia. She is a mother to one son, and grandmother to his two children. Phon enjoys doing housework and listening to the monks pray. Our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Center (CSC), tells us, “Phon has had a painful pterygium in her right eye for 20 years,” a condition that causes discomfort as a result of a benign growth on her cornea. As a result of the growth, she experiences burning sensations in her eye, blurred vision, and redness and puffiness. By funding a simple treatment, we can help relieve Phon of the discomfort she has experienced as a result of her pterygium. For $150, she will receive surgery to remove the growth and she will no longer experience the burning sensation in her eye. “After surgery, she is looking forward to having a more comfortable life and wants to go visit her son in a different province,” shares CSC. Let’s support Phon in finding relief for her condition.