Liberia, July 3 -- On a quiet morning in early June, little Isha set out on a journey with her mother that was meant to help the family survive. Instead, it became a heartbreaking trip that would forever change the course of her young life.

Unable to leave her daughter behind because there was no one to care for her, Isha's mother took her along on a truck transporting bags of charcoal from Bong County to Monrovia. It was a decision born out of necessity a reality many struggling families in Liberia know all too well.

But as the truck made its way through the steep slopes of Gbagul Hill in Bong County, disaster struck.

The truck crashed. When rescuers arrived, the scene was devastating. Isha had suffered catastrophic injuries that res...