Kemigisha is a small scale farmer from Uganda. She is married and a mother to eight children. Both Kemigisha and the husband are small scale farmers.
For some time now, Kemigisha began to experience troubling symptoms, including headaches, and neck disfigurement. 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 Kemigisha receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on August 20 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.
Kemigisha says, “Hope to get better after the relief of this condition that I have been with for long time and continue with cultivation for survival.”