Kyarisiima is a farmer and a married mother to eight children with three sons and five daughters. Most of her children are still in school, but one son is a motorbike driver, another son is a taxi driver, and one daughter is married. Kyarisiima and her husband earn a living from small scale farming. They normally grow food crops for the family to eat, and often sell off the surplus to generate an income.
Eight years ago, Kyarisiima began to experience troubling symptoms, including profuse sweating at nights with a hoarse voice and a dry throat. 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 Kyarisiima receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on March 2nd at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $252, and she and her family need help raising money.
Kyarisiima says “I will be happy to have better health once I undergo my surgery under your program. I hope to continue with farming.”
