Naw Mu is a 16-year-old girl from Burma who developed a vesicovaginal fistula after a prolonged obstructed labor. Now, instead of enjoying her youth, getting an education, working, and planning a family, Naw Mu is in constant pain, confined to a wheelchair, and rapidly losing weight. She cannot control her bladder, and relies on her family and husband for nearly everything. On top of all that, Naw Mu is emotionally drained from months of financial stress about her medical bills. Her family sold their farmland to get her to a doctor, but they're still $1,165 short; the full cost of treatment that can restore her life to some semblance of normalcy. This story can have a happier ending. If we chip in to get Naw Mu the care she needs, we can give her the opportunity to live the life she deserves to life. Time to make it happen.

Samuel is a resilient 33-year-old man who remains in good spirits and has a generous heart despite his medical condition. As a newborn he had hydrocephalus, a potentially life-threatening condition of excess fluid in the brain, but survived and grew up to do fairly well. A few months ago, Samuel started to experience severe headaches and seizures. He was diagnosed with a mucocele (a mucus-containing cystic lesion) in his brain. If left untreated, Samuel will continue to have severe symptoms which can lead to premature death. Samuel currently lives with his mother in a small village. She has been the rock of their family, supporting him and his five siblings single-handedly after the death of their father years ago. The income she makes from her small vegetable farm combined with Samuel’s wages from working as a casual laborer are still not enough to cover the medical care he needs. The craniotomy needed to remove the mucocele from Samuel’s brain costs $1,500. The doctors expect this will relieve his symptoms and help him live a long and healthy life. “I would love to open a kiosk when I get better. Then I could help my mother,” says Samuel. Let’s make this happen for him!

Emiliano is a 43-year-old laborer and family man from a remote village in western Guatemala. Several years ago, Emiliano was in a work accident that resulted in the amputation of his arm below the elbow, greatly hampering his ability to work. As the family's breadwinner and provider, his inability to work has caused immeasurable pain to him and his family, which in turn has eroded his self esteem. For $940, a prosthetic can be fitted that will enable him to work, earn a good living for his family and improve his self esteem.