Tumwijukye is small scale farmer from Uganda. She is a wife and mother to five children; one in school and others married. She was born in the family of nine siblings and no one has money.
20 years ago, Tumwijukye began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty swallowing and breathing with shortness of breath especially during sleep. 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 Tumwijukye receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on October 08 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.
Tumwijukye says, “I will be glad after the relief of my condition and I will continue with cultivation.”
