Jane is farmer and a mother of two children. Jane has a small grocery store where she sells vegetables to earn a living. Her husband works in construction sites to help provide for their family. For her husband, work is hard to come by and if he gets a job, he does not earn much. To facilitate for the many hospital visits and scans that she has needed recently, Jane and her husband had to sell the two cows and chickens they had kept.
Jane first noticed her belly was increasing in size about six moths ago. She hasn’t been able to eat and has been diagnosed with an ovarian cyst. She needs to undergo a hysterectomy, a procedure in which surgeons will remove her uterus.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $1,260 to fund Jane’s surgery. On January 14th, she’ll undergo gynecological surgery at our medical partner’s care center. Once recovered, Jane will be able to resume her daily activities free of pain.
Jane says, “i’m very happy that I will be treated but I’m feeling sad that I do not have the funds for the surgery.”