Kabagambe is a small-business woman from Uganda. She is a married mother to six children, with all still studying except one daughter who is a plumber. She operates a second-hand shoe shop around Rukungiri town, but at times she also practices farming at her village. The sales at her shop do not provide enough to get something both to eat and maintain her family and have been especially impacted during COVID-19 restrictions. Her husband is a builder and they live together in a single roomed rental house.
Since two years ago, Kabagambe has been experiencing vaginal spotting and lower abdominal pain. She has been diagnosed with endometrial hyperplasia and abnormal uterine bleeding. She needs to undergo a hysterectomy, a procedure in which surgeons will remove her uterus.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $208 to fund Kabagambe’s surgery. On April 2nd, she will undergo gynecological surgery at our medical partner’s care center. Once recovered, Kabagambe will be able to resume her daily activities free of pain.
Kabagambe says, “I will be relieved from the pain I have been having, have a good health once again, and feel alive once more.”