Clara is a small-scale farmer, farming maize, rice, and legumes. Like many farmers this year, Clara complained of a small yield from this harvest season. She is 65 years old and a single mother of five children. With no support from their father since their separation, she struggled to take care of her children. Clara shares her home with her daughter and grandchildren. Earlier this year in March, Clara went to inspect her rice farm together with her sister. Her sister couldn’t help but notice that Clara was unusually quiet and looked weak. As they went about their inspection, Clara screamed in agony whilst holding her abdomen and collapsed to the ground. She was rushed to a mission hospital in Dedza where she was admitted for three days. On June 3rd, Clara visited Nkhoma Hospital on clinic day after three months of continuous illness. Clara faints, vomits, and does not eat enough. Clara was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor and the recommended procedure is a laparotomy and wedge resection of the tumor. This surgery will improve Clara’s current health status greatly. The tumor will be removed and should no longer experience pain. Her surgery is scheduled for July 3rd. Our medical partner African Mission Healthcare is requesting $709 for treatment. This will cover the costs of medications, surgery, care supplies, and hospital stay. Clara says, "For me, being able to eat and not have fainting spells and abdominal pains will be a huge blessing in my life. I look forward to good health after the surgery is successful.”

Bernadin is a playful two-year-old girl from Haiti. Bernadin has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition in which excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain and increases intracranial pressure. As a result of her condition, Bernadin has been experiencing increasing head circumference. Without treatment, Bernadin will experience severe physical and developmental delays. Our medical partner, Project Medishare, is requesting $897 to cover the cost of surgery for Bernadin at Hospital Bernard Mevs. This is the only site in the country where this care is currently available and the procedure is scheduled to take place on May 9th. This critical treatment will drain the excess fluid from Bernadin's brain to reduce intracranial pressure and greatly improve her quality of life. With proper treatment and follow-up care, Bernadin should develop into a strong, healthy young girl. The family is looking forward to Bernadin growing up happy and healthy.

Evasi is a farmer from Mozambique. His family fled to Malawi when the country faced civil unrest. They took refuge in the district of Dedza until he was a teenager. Years later, they returned to Mozambique when the area they lived in became peaceful. Evasi settled and married there. He is a father to eight children. He works hard as a tobacco farmer. Since 2023, Evasi has had a right inguinal hernia. Because of it, he suffers from back aches and abdominal pains. He has sought medical help from several hospitals in Mozambique, which have all failed to provide him with support. He became frustrated and hoped that maybe he could get better care in Malawi. Evasi was eventually referred to our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare. On September 5th, he will undergo hernia repair with mesh surgery at our medical partner's care center, Nkhoma Hospital, and is requesting $500 to fund the surgery. Once completed, the surgery will hopefully allow him to live more comfortably. Evasi says, "I will be very happy if this condition is permanently treated so that I can regain my strength to continue providing for my home."