Eric, a native of Uganda, is still working hard at seventy years old!
Each day he wakes up to the sound of roosters crowing in his yard, and looks forward to working in his garden to grow food for his family. He also harvests tea plants to sell. Besides household necessities, this income pays for school tuition for his grandchild and three children.
For the past several months, however, a painful injury has kept Eric from doing the farm work he so loves. Eric has developed an inguinal hernia, meaning that abdominal tissue has forced its way through a weak spot in his groin muscle. The hernia causes him serious discomfort, and if it is left untreated, could develop deadly complications.
Eric’s doctors have scheduled him for hernia repair surgery, set to take place on April 11. Although Eric’s resources are already at their limit by supporting his family’s needs, we can sponsor his operation, as well as his lab tests and five-day hospital stay, for $229.
After surgery, Eric hopes to be able to get back to work as soon as possible. “I thank the donors for their support,” he says. “May God bless them and double the earnings from their work.”