Tharatt is a 17-year-old 11th-grade student from Cambodia. He lives with his parents and younger siblings in Kandal Province. His father is a construction worker, and his mother works in a factory. He enjoys studying Khmer literature, playing football with his friends, and eating fish soup. He hopes to become a police officer. In August 2025, Tharatt was riding a motorcycle when he hit a stone and fell, sustaining fractures of his pelvis, left femoral neck, and left distal femur, followed by a left upper brachial plexus injury and severe stiffness in his left knee. His left knee is very stiff, making it difficult for him to bend and straighten the knee, stand, and walk normally. Tharatt learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), and sought treatment. On September 3rd, surgeons at CSC will perform a quadricepsplasty procedure on his left leg to improve knee movement, helping him stand and walk more easily. His family can contribute $100, but needs help raising $479 more to fund his procedure and care. Tharatt said, “I hope this surgery will help improve the movement of my left knee so I can stand and walk more easily. I want to feel more independent and return to my normal daily activities without being limited by my stiff knee.”

Hadassa is a seven-year-old girl from Haiti. She is the middle child in her family, with an older sister and a younger brother. She does not currently attend school but enjoys helping her parents around the house and watching cartoons. Hadassa has a cardiac condition called a partial atrioventricular canal defect. A hole exists between the chambers of her heart, causing blood to leak between them instead of properly circulating through the lungs to receive oxygen. This leaves her weak and short of breath. Hadassa also has Down syndrome. Hadassa needs to fly to the Dominican Republic to receive treatment. On June 24th, she will undergo heart surgery, during which doctors will repair the hole in her heart. Another organization is paying for the surgery, but her family also needs help with travel and surgery prep. Our medical partner, International Cardiac Alliance, is requesting $1,500 to cover labs, medicines, and check-up and follow-up appointments. It also supports securing travel documents for the family and travel costs for the social workers from our medical partner, who will accompany Hadassa's family overseas. Hadessa’s mother shares, “Our family is so happy to know that there is a way to fix our daughter’s heart, and we hope everything will go well!”

Mcdonald is a 66-year-old father and grandfather from Malawi. He and his wife live in a small village, where they depend on farming maize and groundnuts for their livelihood. Farming has always been an important part of their lives, but his illness has gradually made it difficult for him to continue working in the fields. Six years ago, Mcdonald started experiencing uncomfortable symptoms, and a reliance on the catheter. As his health progressively worsened, he could no longer work on the farm, leaving his younger sister to help with the farming. McDonald and his family decided to seek a lasting solution for his condition. He was advised to seek care at Nkhoma Mission Hospital, a journey that took 5 hours. At the hospital, Mcdonald was diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Physicians at Nkhoma Hospital determined that Mcdonald should undergo a prostatectomy, a surgery to remove part or all of the prostate. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $530 to fund this procedure. The treatment is scheduled to take place at Nkhoma Hospital on September 9th and, once completed, it will hopefully improve Mcdonald's quality of life. McDonald said, “I am hoping that with the surgery treatment, I can finally be free from the catheter and return to the life I had before. I want to go back to my farm, work again with my wife, and enjoy my family without constantly worrying about my health.”