Bakihawekyi is a farmer from Uganda. She is married and a mother to nine children, including five boys. Her daughters are married and are all small scale farmers. She practices small scale farming alongside her husband.
Thirty years ago, Bakihawekyi began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty breathing, persistent headaches and blurry vision. She was diagnosed with a goiter, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. She needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse and can’t afford the costs of her surgery.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is helping Bakihawekyi receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on January 27th 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.
Bakihawekyi says, “I hope my surgery will be successful.”