Bun Neang has three children. The youngest, Som Bot, was born with severe birth defects. She received her first prosthetic leg from a USAID-funded rehabilitation center in Prey Veng, Cambodia. Source: Noah Hendler

"Som is growing up, and it is difficult for me to raise her. Without her leg, she cannot stand and is totally dependent upon me. I have to bathe, carry, and feed her. Sometimes she cries because she is not able to walk to her friend's house. She wants to enjoy life but is too young to understand her problems.

Without a leg Som would have to hop or crawl to get places by herself. Now with her leg, Som, slowly, is beginning to walk.

I will have to care for her until I die. If I do not care for her, who will? No one else will love her. I do not think anyone will want to marry her because she does not have hands. Without hands, how would she care for her own children?"