“A hardworking farmer with five out of eight children living at home, Charles and his wife, Jenny, own their own land and grow cassava, ground nuts, and millet,” says our medical partner, The Kellermann Foundation (KF). On Sundays, Charles and Jenny enjoy going to church and socializing with people from their village. Charles is a 59-year-old proud father from Uganda. “All of his children at home still attend school, which makes him very happy,” explains KF. However, for some time now Charles has suffered from a hernia and the pain has prevented him from working. A hernia is a bulge of tissue that protrudes out of a weak spot in the muscles of the abdominal wall; in Charles’s case, his hernia is located in the groin area. With $227, surgeons at the Bwindi Community Hospital will repair the hernia by pushing back the extending tissue and closing the opening with sutures. Charles will be able to return to work. “After surgery, Charles is looking forward to planning for 2016, which he has not been able to do because he hasn’t been able to work,” says KF.