Sophy is a 41-year-old unmarried rice farmer. She lives in Takeo province with her elderly mother and father and two of her sisters. All of her siblings are rice farmers and help to support their parents. In the evenings, she likes to watch Khmer dramas on television. In June, she was in a motorbike accident and fractured her left forearm. She went to the provincial hospital for surgery and metalwork to heal the fracture, but the bone was still not recovered three months later. She had a second operation to change the metalwork several weeks ago but still cannot use her hand. A neighbor suggested she consult with Children's Surgical Center, where she was diagnosed with a Monteggia fracture, a proximal ulna fracture associated with dislocation of the radial head. Monteggia fractures can be challenging to diagnose and may lead to complications without proper management. It is difficult for her to use the hand, and she is in chronic pain. Fortunately, surgeons at our medical partner, Children's Surgical Center, can help. Sophy will undergo a fracture repair procedure, which will cost $483. This procedure will allow her to use her hand again. Sophy said: "I hope I can use my hand like before and care for my parents."

Jennifer is a 51-year-old, small-scale farmer. When she was young, she was in school up to the 4th grade, but then had to stop. She shared that her husband died in 2001 and left her and their children a two-room mud house. She has four daughters who are all married now and she lives with one of her grandchildren who helps her in domestic work. Five years ago, Jennifer began to experience troubling symptoms, including a painless neck swelling that has been growing gradually. After using herbs with no improvement, Jennifer visited a hospital, and a scan was performed. She was diagnosed with a multinodular goiter-an enlarged thyroid gland with separate bumps (nodules) on it. Jennifer was told that she needed surgery, but it was not done at that time due to finances. Now the goiter has continued to grow, and Jennifer is experiencing airway obstruction and periodic severe headaches. Jennifer needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is helping Jennifer receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on September 22nd at our medical partner's care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $333, and she and her family need help raising money. Jennifer says, “I hope to become well through surgery so that I can keep up with my day-to-day farming duties.”

Sokhom is a 45-year-old rice and bean farmer from Cambodia. He lives with his wife and two children in Kampong Cham. In his free time, he likes spending time with his family and watching TV. Sokhom is also an avid volleyball player, and before his injury, he played nearly every day in his village. In June 2023, Sokhom accidentally burned his right hand on a mosquito coil in his house. Two days later, his hand had severe swelling and he sought care from a local village healer. Unfortunately, the skin around the burn has become infected. He experiences pain, swelling, and discharge from the wound. When Sokhom learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), he traveled for two hours seeking treatment. On July 5th, surgeons at CSC's care center will perform a debridement procedure to remove damaged and infected tissue from the wound. Now, Sokhom needs help to fund this $324 procedure. After surgery, he hopes that he can use his right hand easily again for work and volleyball.