Shiva
Shiva is a 5-year-old boy who was born with extremely bowed legs due to a rare genetic disorder. He lives with his parents Goma and Tanka and his sister Himali in an impoverished village at the foot of the Himalayas in central Nepal.Their home is a one-room shelter made from concrete slabs and a tin […] Yamuna
Yamuna is a 12-year-old girl, living with her parents and two of her four siblings in a two storey mud hut in Hernamadi village Nepal – a five hour drive from our partner Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC) in Kathmandu.Yamuna was born at home with “spina bifida” which literally means “split spine”.Her […] Blessing
Blessing’s everyday life has been full of obstacles – and exclusion!The six year old boy was born with cataracts.His father passed away and his mother abandoned him. He is living with his grandmother Victoria in a village 40 kilometres south of Uganda‘s capital Kampala.Victoria was too poor to afford to take him to the hospital, […] Laxmi
Open cooking fires are terribly dangerous for millions of children in the world’s poorest families.Laxmi fell into such a fire when she was a baby in Nepal. She has never walked. Until today.A new leg has been crafted for Laxmi. As you will see in this short but powerful video, her new limb is beautifully […] 