Nine-year-old Maheen never had a normal childhood. She spent most of her life in hospitals, undergoing exhausting dialysis sessions that drained her energy and kept her from playing with her friends and going to school.

At 12 years old, Ariana Rodriguez from the Philippines abruptly lost her sight, turning her life upside down. Losing her sight was not just a physical challenge. It changed her whole childhood.

Dr Tala Al Khalil, a pharmacist from Iraq, embarked on her hope-making journey in 2015, when she began receiving children with cancer in a special ‘caravan’ within Basra Children’s Hospital and helped sick children continue their education and integrate into society.

In a modest house on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Zarmina, an Afghan widow and mother of three, has faced the harshest challenges ever. Since losing her husband, she has been the sole provider for her family to secure basic needs like clothes, food and electricity.