Tunai is a farmer from Kenya. Her smile and her optimism about life despite the many challenges she goes through will make you appreciate every little thing about life. As a wife and a mother of 7 children, Tunai does so well taking care of her large family and especially her last born child who is physically challenged. Tunai and her husband are small-scale farmers. They plant vegetables and potatoes for consumption. Her husband does casual jobs for other people earning approximately $75 a month. Their last born child who is physically challenged and in a special school also requires a lot of care. Since 38 years ago, Tunai began to experience troubling symptoms, including a large neck mass and difficulty swallowing. She was diagnosed with a goiter, 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 Tunai receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on March 9th at our medical partner's care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $641, and she and her family need help raising money. Tunai says, “I am appealing to anyone to help me pay for my surgery so that I can continue taking care of my family and especially my youngest child who needs absolute care.”

Mugarura is a small-scale farmer from Uganda and married with six children. One of them is a nurse, two are in secondary school, and the rest still in primary school. He and his wife practice farming to earn a living. Since three years ago, Mugarura has had an inguinal hernia. The condition has affected his movements and he can't stand for a long period of time or hardly do any activities in the garden due to his pain. Fortunately, on May 19th, he will undergo hernia repair surgery at our medical partner's care center. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $241 to fund Mugarura's surgery. Once completed, this procedure will hopefully allow him to live more comfortably and confidently. Mugarura shared: “I look forward to getting treatment for my condition and continue to farm for my family.”

Kafuti is a small scale farmer from Uganda. He is an old married father to 12 children. Both Kafuti and the wife are small scale farmers and can’t afford the costs of his surgery. Kafuti came in presenting with a swelling at the right elbow around the joint. He is not able to use his right arm and experiences disfigurement Kafuti traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On September 17, surgeons will remove the mass. Now, Kafuti needs help to raise $187 to fund this procedure. Zafuti says, “I hope to get better so that I may continue farming with my surgery.”