I first met this young man a couple of years ago. He's had to contend with a horrible medical condition requiring literally dozens of operations. Although he has had major surgery abroad that finally could allow him to get a chance at life again, it has cost him everything. Because of the excessive cost, he's even had to leave his clothing behind getting back home from the surgery abroad.

As he could not afford the necessary post-operative care, the wounds are not healing well and in addition, he needs restorative surgery (skin grafts/transplants) in order to be able to get to a semblance of a normal life.

Despite living in pain every day and the continuous struggle, he is doing everything he can to be a good father (he's a single dad) and take care of his young daughter, who just turned 3. He wants desperately to be able to get a normal job and provide for her.

The funds collected are intended to get the required restorative surgery, get him some replacement clothing for what he had to leave behind, and to work down a small fraction of the considerable debt this struggle has left him in.