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Azeema is a victim of the medicine Thalidomide. Her hands and legs below the knees were not formed. Captain Robert Ing escorted her to Houston, Texas, where Azeema received high quality medical care and therapy that enaled her to walk, eat, go to school and take care of herself.

This care and therapy was not available in her home country (Pakistan). “The world looks so nice when you have legs. Can I keep these legs forever, please!" said Azeema when she tried on her artificial legs for the first time.

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Sajida a little girl from Pakistan was the 7th child born in a poor family. Her father struggled to provide daily necessities as a vegetable seller. Then one day a stroke of bad Luck struck the family and in a moment sajidas life changed forever.

While sajidas was traveling in a train with her moher and her 5 siblings, a bomb planted under the seats blew up. Sajidas mother, brothers and sisters died intantly. She was left with a severe burns and disfigurement all over her body and seemingly bleak future.

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Hamza Arif is a tragic victim of childhood polio, a disease completely eradicated in the United States and other developed countries due to their excellent vaccination programs. But since Hamza was born in a poor village in Pakistan he was not lucky enough to be vaccinated against such a crippling yet preventable childhood disease. The polio resulted in deformation of Hamza's leg bones and left him crippled for life.

The House of Charity came across Hamza completely by accident. The executive director of The House of Charity Mrs. Hashmat Effendi was visiting a flea market in Haripur, a small village located in the Northern Frontier Region of Pakistan. She noticed a little boy sitting in a small pakora vendors shack, he was sitting close to a frying pan full of hot oil.

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Salamat was greeted at Lahore airport by a caravan of his friends and relatives.  I watched as a tearful and elated Hashmat Effendi presented Salamat to the people who had entrusted her with their son and his future nine months ago.  She came through on all of her promises and our team was received with flowers, tears and long embraces.

We had plenty of time to discuss his fears and expectations during our 24 hour journey to Pakistan.  Salamat was eager to see his parents and return to his life in Pakistan.  He had spent the last eleven months in The United States, receiving medical treatment under the care of The House of Charity. Salamat talked to me about the important math and English skills he was able to learn during his time at the healing home by his teacher Ms. Gloria. He felt empowered by the knowledge and it sparked his desire to complete his education.

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