For people living in difficult circumstances, the word “free” has a significant meaning – especially when it comes to taking care of yourself. Even more so if one of the most important people in your life needs to receive treatment: your daughter. We are in Lashkar-Gah, Afghanistan. Little Malalai fractured her arm while playing at…

“He was playing in a field with his little sister. They saw something that looked like a toy, so they picked it up.” As he shares their story, his 3-year-old son Nabi sits in a wheelchair across from us. One of Nabi’s hands has been amputated, and on the other he has lost two fingers.…

From Afghanistan to Sudan, looking back at 2024.