Lillian is a 39-year-old woman who has been undergoing antenatal care from Rushoroza Hospital. She has a 7th-grade education and is married with four children. Her family rents a three-room brick house for shelter. Her husband is a small-scale farmer as well, and they are a low-income family. During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her children. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is helping Lillian undergo a C-Section to deliver her fifth child and is seeking $214 for this procedure. Lilian says, “I pray for a successful recovery. I will continue practicing farming so that I may support my husband in developing our family.’’

Thim is a 68-year-old grandfather from Cambodia. He and his wife have four daughters and five grandchildren who all live nearby. His family all work as rice farmers; however, for the last two years, Thim has barely able to work due to his deteriorating vision. Now that he is home most of the time and unable to go out alone, he spends most of his time listening to the monks pray on the radio and watching the news. About two years ago, Thim developed a cataract in his left eye, causing him to lose his vision and have teary eyes. He has difficulty seeing things clearly, including colors and faces, and is worried about falling when walking, so he cannot go places on his own. When Thim learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), he traveled for three hours seeking treatment. On July 26th, doctors will perform a small incision cataract surgery and an intraocular lens implant in his left eye. After recovery, he will be able to see clearly. CSC is requesting $253 to fund this procedure. Thim contributed $100 to his care. He shared, "I hope, after surgery, I can see well enough to go back to work and be able to plant vegetables around my house. I also want to help my daughters with my grandchildren and be able to read Buddhist books."

Keanin lives in Cambodia with his wife and two young children. As a family, they enjoy listening to music and playing various sports. Both he and his wife work on their land farming rice. Keanin mentioned he would also like to start growing vegetables, but does not have the space currently. When it is rice harvest season, they keep half of the rice for cooking, and they sell the other half to support the family. When there is not much to be done in the rice field, Keanin does short-term work where he collects wood and branches from the nearby area, puts them through a wood chipper, and sells the wood chips to a local company. Around four months ago, the lid of the wood chipping machine became loose and hit Keanin in the right knee, causing a major laceration. He was rushed to a nearby hospital to stop the bleeding. He was then advised to go four hours to Phnom Penh for surgery to repair a damaged artery. Unfortunately, the artery repair was unsuccessful, and Keanin needed an amputation of his leg. Last week, the doctor from a prosthetics and orthotics organization contacted him to come in to fit his new prosthetic leg. However, when he tried to put the prosthetic on, he felt sharp pain and was unable to wear it. The doctor referred him to Children's Surgical Centre (CSC) for a consultation and to see if our partner medical team could help. Keanin needs a stump revision procedure to modify the nerve causing him pain. This will ease his pain, and make it possible to wear his new leg. Our partner CSC is requesting $391 to fund the surgery. Keanin shared, "I hope I can not be in pain and wear the prosthetic leg and be more comfortable. Then I can go back to working to support my family."