Victoria is a 13-year-old girl from Ghana. She is very energetic and enjoys reading and being with her friends. Victoria’s father is unemployed but has brought her to our institutional partner, the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS) in Ghana, because of his concern for his daughter’s health. Victoria is having trouble standing upright and is beginning to feel significant discomfort due to her scoliosis. Her spine is curved. Her condition has progressed quite rapidly over the past year and is expected to worsen. In order to fix the curve in Victoria’s spine, the doctors will fuse two of her vertebrae using a procedure called a PSF T2-S1. With this procedure, doctors expect Victoria to make a complete recovery! Let's raise $1,500 for Victoria’s spinal surgery so that she can share her energetic personality pain-free!

Vin is a rambunctious 12-year-old boy who loves playing sports. His favorites are soccer and volleyball. Sometimes, getting roughed up comes as part of the territory when you’re a young, active boy. In April of this year, Vin fell off his bicycle and broke his elbow. He was treated by a traditional healer in his village, but the fracture did not heal properly. Since then, Vin has been having trouble writing and playing his beloved sports because of the pain in his arm. Vin and his mom traveled three hours to seek treatment at Children’s Surgical Centre and the staff there are ready to help. For $300, Vin can get the surgery he needs to repair the fracture, decrease his pain, and help him be a rowdy kid again!