Mutwa is a 64-year-old widow from Eastern Kenya. She lives with her eight children and runs a small farm with them.
Since last year, Mutwa has experienced severe abdominal pain. She went to a number of different treatment centers to help relieve her symptoms, but she had no success.
Following the results of a scan, doctors have diagnosed Mutwa with choledocholithiasis, a medical condition in which there are multiple gallstones present in the gallbladder. Mutwa has been advised that she needs to undergo a laparotomy to remove her gallbladder.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, has arranged for Mutwa to have her surgery on April 24.
Mutwa’s doctors are confident that the surgery will be a success. With $750, we can help Mutwa get back to work so that she can continue looking after her children.