Twongyeirwe is a farmer from Uganda. She is a married mother to seven children with two sons who are both teachers and five daughters who are all married and farmers. She completed primary seven in school but never proceeded due to lack of school fees. She currently earns a living from small-scale farming where she grows food crops for home consumption and sells off the surplus to generate an income to the family, alongside her husband.
Five years ago, Twongyeirwe began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty in swallowing, breathing, and experiences shortness of breath. She was diagnosed with a goitre, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. She needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is helping Twongyeirwe receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on July 14th at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $240, and she and her family need help raising money.
Twongyeirwe says: “I am really grateful for this offer and I am looking forward to getting rid off this disfigurement hoping for better health to continue with farming.”