60-year-old Cham lives in Cambodia and is married with four children and three grandchildren. He enjoys watching sports on TV, playing volleyball, and listening to old music.
Cham’s car drove over a landmine in 1992, and he spent three months in a hospital after the accident. Cambodia has more landmines than almost any country on earth, the result of decades of war. Tens of thousands of Cambodians are amputees as a result of land mine explosions.
The past five years his hip pain has worsened and his hands tremble constantly. He has osteoarthritis of the left hip and requires a hip replacement surgery to stop the pain and allow him to walk easily again.
In hopes of receiving care, Cham traveled six hours with his wife. Surgeons at Children’s Surgical Centre can replace his left hip for $481.
With our help, Cham will be able to walk with less pain and get around on his own more easily.
