Meet our CoolKids.
Growing Up ALTSO: mobility for the future.
Your support helps provide high-quality mobility care, empowering children to move confidently into the classroom and out into the world, ready to pursue their dreams. Since 2003, we have served more than 25,000 children, transforming the next generation, one CoolKid at a time.
Mobility provides access to education, future employment, and the chance to break the poverty cycle; but it also provides the little things in life that every child deserves—the joy of playing with your friends, the excitement of being the first in your family to attend college, and the hope that your dreams are a possibility. Meet a few of the CoolKids we serve together below.
Meet Thak Kim
When we met Thak Kim, he was living with neglected clubfoot. Now, he is one of the most active CoolKid we know, always on the move.
Meet Mihai
When we met Mihai, he spent every weekend waiting to move again. Now, he can move freely every day of the week thanks to his appropriately fitted wheelchair.
Meet Sreynai
When we met Sreynai, she had just lost her leg from a snake bite and faced a future filled with challenges. Now, she is a high schooler with a bright future ahead of her.
Meet Sopriya
When we met Sopriya, her parents were worried she would never smile again. Now, Sopriya has regained her smile and studies at an international university.
Meet Dwi
When we met Dwi, he was a young kid with dreams of becoming a professional athlete. Now, Dwi is a Paralympic athlete winning medals.
Meet Shivani
When we met Shivani, she could barely walk as her prosthetic limb was too heavy for her. Now, Shivani runs and plays thanks to her Joshi prosthetic limb.
Meet Sengsavsnh
When we met Sengsavanh, she relied on her mother to carry her everywhere. Now, they both feel "happy and independent” and enjoy visiting the park.
Meet Alisha
When we met Alisha, she was painfully walking with a substandard prosthetic limb. Now, Alisha dances and rollerblades, and enjoys simply being a kid.
Meet Chantrey
When we met Chantrey, she told us “I wanted to play with my classmates...but, I could not.” Now, you can find her playing badminton with her friends at recess.
Meet Putheara
When we met Putheara, she was a young girl, just beginning to navigate life with her orthotic braces. Now, Putheara is almost done with high school.
Meet Naufal
When we met Naufal, his only form of mobility was walking on his knees. Now, Naufal is the youngest member of the Paralympic Archery team in his city.
Meet Seyha
When we met Seyha, she had been living without access to a prosthetic limb for five years. Now, Seyha is a college graduate with a degree in law.
Meet Awatt
When we met Awatt, he had just lost his leg while trying to buy cookies. Now, Awatt’s dreams include becoming a doctor and flying like Spider-Man.
Meet Estera
When we met Estera, she was using an ill-fitted wheelchair. Together, we provided Estera with her first appropriately fitted wheelchair.
Meet Tanvi
When we met Tanvi at two years old, she had just lost her leg. Now, she is consistently at the top of her class and dreams of working for the government.
Meet Panha
When we met Panha, he was a young kid, self-conscious of his disability. Now, he is a budding filmmaker, running his own business.
Meet Sreyly
When we met Sreyly, she had just lost her mom and her leg in a devastating accident. Now, she’s focused on what’s most important: getting to school on time.
Meet Roberto
When we met Roberto, he had outgrown his wheelchair. Together, we provided Roberto a new appropriately fitted wheelchair.
Photos have been taken by A.J. Warco, Director of Programs, during site visits.
