Komuhangi is a small-scale farmer from Uganda. She is married with four children and all are students in primary and secondary schools. She does small-scale farming together with her husband and that is how they support their family and get fees for their children. Over a year ago, Komuhangi began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty breathing and swallowing. 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 Komuhangi receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on March 17th at our medical partner's care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $240, and she and her family need help raising money. Komuhangi says, “I hope to get relieved of this condition and I continue to farm for the survival of my family.”

Kyoheirwe is a 60-year-old married mother to seven children, but with only three living. One child is a tailor and the rest are married and small scale farmers. She also earns a living through small scale farming however the money she earns from her farm can’t enable her to undergo her surgery. Kyoheirwe arrived at the hospital with a history of postmenopausal bleeding. Her condition is associated with lower abdominal pain, backache and uterine prolapse. This has made her have a poor quality of life and if not treated, there may be a persistence of symptoms and complications like anaemia. At Nyakibale hospital, she was advised to have an obstetric scan whereby a diagnosis of uterine prolapse was confirmed and a trans vaginal hysterectomy treatment was recommended as a treatment for the betterment of her health. She decided to come for help because she couldn’t afford the cost of her surgery.

Sopheap is a 33-year-old housewife from Cambodia. She has two sons, and in her free time she likes spending time with her family. Six months ago, Sopheap had an ear infection. This infection caused the tympanic membrane, or the ear drum, in her left ear to perforate. For this reason, Sopheap experiences discharge, pain, hearing loss, fever, and tinnitus. She is unable to hear clearly and has a difficult time communicating well with others. Sopheap traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On November 04, she will undergo a myringoplasty procedure in her left ear. During this procedure, surgeons will close the perforation. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, is requesting $423 to fund this procedure. This covers medications, supplies, and inpatient care. Sopheap said, "I hope that after my surgery is complete, my hearing will improve and I will no longer have any ear pain or discharge."