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Big Dreams Come True for Megan

Posted on January 25, 2024

You may remember a lovely young woman named Megan from last year’s “20 Years of Hope” blog series. After losing her younger sister who was unable to receive the medical care that she needed, Megan resolved to help prevent others from going through a similar tragedy. Her dream was to study at a university in […]

Hetal’s Happy Heart

Posted on January 18, 2024

When she was just a few months old, Hetal became seriously ill with fevers and shortness of breath. Her parents took her to a nearby government hospital where doctors discovered a large hole in her heart — a ventricular septal defect (VSD). Hetal’s father struggled to make ends meet for his family as a daily […]

Egg-cellent! A Chicken Delivery in Guatemala

Posted on January 11, 2024

Just recently, LWB was happy to be able to partner with a Guatemalan charity called Tob’anik K’iche on a very special project. Our aim was to help to provide essential nutrition to the children in Lemoa, an impoverished village in rural Guatemala. Many of the children in this community are malnourished, coming from impoverished families with […]

Two Babies and a 10-year-old Receive Heart Surgery in India

Posted on January 7, 2024

Our India Medical Program has had a busy couple of months. In the last four months of 2023, twelve children have had their hearts healed because of the generosity of our amazing donors! Baby Madhuri’s Heart Surgery Meet Baby Madhuri, the youngest child in the family. Her father delivers fruits to local vendors, and her […]

20 Years of Hope: Hercules

Posted on December 28, 2023

All this year, as we have celebrated 20 Years of Hope — LWB’s 20th anniversary — we have been sharing updates on some of the wonderful children this community has impacted over the last two decades. Today, we look back on a little boy from China who has become very close to our hearts over […]

20 Years of Hope: Theo

Posted on December 21, 2023

In 2017, nineteen-year-old Theo applied for a college scholarship sponsored by LWB’s Cambodia College Scholarship program. He came from a very poor family that struggled greatly to make ends meet. Theo and his two younger brothers were dependent on their mother for support. Unfortunately, she was not always healthy enough to work, so life was […]

20 Years of Hope: Emily

Posted on December 14, 2023

While visiting an orphanage in southern China in 2021, LWB’s CEO and founder Amy Eldridge encountered an unforgettable 16-month old girl we called Emily. In her book, “The Heart of Community,” Amy writes, She was lying flat on her back in an old metal crib, with a blanket covering her body. She was incredibly tiny. […]

20 Years of Hope: Mary Martha

Posted on December 7, 2023

In 2019, LWB’s Uganda staff learned of a very sick girl named Mary Martha. This small five-year-old child had been born with a complex cardiac defect called Tetralogy of Fallot, and surgery in Uganda was not an option due to the severity of her condition. By the time we met her, Mary Martha had become […]

20 Years of Hope: Jennifer

Posted on November 30, 2023

We first learned of little Jennifer during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Schools in Cambodia were shut down then, and LWB began doing Emergency Food Relief to help families in many poor, rural areas of Cambodia. During these deliveries, our staff met Jennifer’s mother, Elva, who was struggling to provide for eight small children. Their […]

The Gift of a Chicken

Posted on November 27, 2023

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and most likely your inbox is being filled with messages from charities with suggestions on how to participate. We also want to share an exciting, high-impact Giving Tuesday project that can be described in just one word: CHICKENS. LWB’s founder, Amy Eldridge, and our Managing Director of Guatemala, Julia Bennett, just […]

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