Sr. Olivia is a nun who also works as a pharmacist and donates all of her earnings to her congregation. Her mother is a small-scale farmer and her father passed away in 2017. Sr. Olivia is the eldest of six children, but her siblings are not consistently employed, leaving her as their mother’s sole caretaker.
For two years, Sr. Olivia has been experiencing severe lower abdominal pain, severe bleeding, backache, two consecutive monthly periods, headaches and dizziness. She has been diagnosed with Multiple Leiomyoma and needs a hysterectomy, a procedure in which surgeons will remove her uterus.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare, is requesting $319 to fund Sr. Olivia’s surgery. On March 4th, she will undergo gynecological surgery at our medical partner’s care center. Once recovered, Sr. Olivia will be able to resume her daily activities free of pain.
Sr. Olivia says, “I hope to regain my health through surgery; I pray to get pain relief in order to be able to continue with my day-to-day duties as a nun and pharmacist.”