Geofrey is a middle-aged peasant farmer from Uganda. Geofrey has been living with a painful swell on his left upper back for the last eight years. He complains of difficulty working especially for long hours due to the lipoma. Unfortunately, he had not been to the hospital before due to financial constraints. He heard about Watsi's Medical Partner's program in Nyakibale Hospital and decided to come. Doctors diagnosed him with a giant lipoma and excision is recommended. He is not able to raise the amount needed for his surgery.  Geofrey is a father of 8 children, with 4 of them still in school. He has to pay for their tuition fee from his subsistence farming. His wife works together with him on the farm and their farm produce is limited. He sometimes also sells bananas in the local market to make a living. Geofrey appeals for financial assistance. Geofrey traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On April 25th, surgeons will remove the mass. Now, Geofrey needs help to raise $187 to fund this procedure. Geofrey says, “I hope that my surgery will be successful because am afraid of such huge swelling, but I do trust that everything shall be well and I can continue with selling bananas and cultivation.”

Ye is an eighty-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. She has five children, twenty grandchildren, and enjoys listening to the monks pray on the radio. Ten years ago, Ye developed a cataract in her right eye, causing her pain and vision loss. She has difficulty seeing things clearly, recognizing faces, and going anywhere outside. When Ye learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, she traveled for four hours seeking treatment. On November 21, doctors will perform an extra-capsular cataract extraction and an intraocular lens implant in her right eye. After recovery, she will be able to see clearly. Now, she needs help to fund this $211 procedure. Ye said, "I hope that I will be able to see clearly so I can go outside on my own and can return to the pagoda."

David is a young student from Kenya who will start sixth grade next year. He aspires to be an engineer in future. The second-born of two children, he lives with his parents and elder siblings in a two-room rental house. David’s mother is a full-time mom, while his father is employed casually in a barber shop, with an average income of $1 a day. David was diagnosed with cryptorchidism, a condition in which one or both of the testicles remains undescended. If left untreated, David has an increased risk of developing hernias, testicular cancer, and fertility problems in the future. David will be receiving assistance from our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF). Fortunately, he is scheduled to undergo corrective surgery on December 19th. AMHF is requesting $535 to cover the total cost of his procedure and care. “I want to be an engineer when I grow up,” says David.