Savious is a thirty-year-old mother of three living in southwestern Uganda. Her husband is a bodaboda rider (a motorcycle taxi driver) around the village while she works on their small piece of land to make ends meet for their family. Her firstborn child is in primary school while her younger two are yet to start school.
For two months, Savious has had a supraumbilical hernia. She has tried to treat the pain with local herbs without success. When the condition started affecting her productivity on the farm, she sought treatment. Savious requires hernia repair surgery to help reduce the pain and the risk of hernia strangulation which could be fatal for her. Fortunately, on November 18th, she will undergo hernia repair surgery at our medical partner’s care center.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMH), is requesting $170 to fund Savious’s surgery. Once completed, this procedure will hopefully allow her to live more comfortably and confidently and prevent a potential complication from hernia strangulation.
Savious says, “I pray that I may be considered for treatment and be able to live a normal life again. I will resume farming as soon as possible.”