Six-year-old Favour in Uganda almost didn’t get a chance at life. At birth, he was nearly asphyxiated. And while he eventually began breathing, his early oxygen deprivation caused permanent disabilities...
Hunger pangs were the least of Javier’s suffering nothing compared to the aching grief and loneliness pressing in, hour after hour, day after day...
The day Memita was born, doctors told her mother, Debbie, to prepare for her baby girl’s funeral. After a smooth pregnancy, Memita’s birth brought...
Emma puts the finishing touches on her origami crane—a welcome gift for Mikaelley, the ten-year-old girl Emma has been paired with for our International...
Living Nicaragua, Dania had enjoyed her uneventful pregnancy and went through a natural delivery without complications. But during Axel’s early childhood...
Angello was just four when he climbed a tree, laughing with his friends. Before his usual bright smile could fade, he was falling...
In the remote hill districts of Asia, people with disabilities often go unseen, their needs unmet and injuries untreated. For 37-year-old Aakash, poverty...
At the rough, mountainous border between Thailand and Myanmar, a man name Janga once lived as an outcast. Unstable on his feet because of his physical...
Praram was just a year old when his mom, Phornnapa, first asked herself: Does my son have autism? At the time Praram’s doctors didn’t share...
The hours pass slowly for Aarav and Gita. On hot days, the air is thick and buzzes with flies. They used to have conversations, but since Gita’s...
