Mbabazi is a small-scale farmer from Uganda. She is separated from her husband due to domestic violence and they have three children together who are living with their father, who has since remarried. Mbabazi moved back to her parent’s home and had a child whom she is raising with limited support.
Six years ago, Mbabazi began to experience troubling symptoms, including gets difficulty in breathing, speech, and 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 Mbabazi receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on April 2nd 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.
Mbabazi says, “I will be glad for your support so that my health can be restored and I can continue with farming after recovery.”