“When he is feeling good, Gift likes to play soccer for the village team and when he can, watch English premier league soccer on TV,” our medical partner, The Kellermann Foundation, tells us.
Gift is 18 years old and lives in Uganda. He works alongside his parents on their small farm. They grow ground nuts and other crops, and Gift also helps harvest rice for others to earn money. Recently, Gift’s health has been preventing him from living his normal life.
For the past few months, Gift has been experiencing pain due to a hernia. He was diagnosed with a few years ago, and he hasn’t been able to work since. Gift’s hernia causes him considerable pain, and if left untreated, puts him at heightened risk for intestinal strangulation and health complications.
Gift is an otherwise healthy young man and the Kellerman Foundation shares that “after surgery, he is looking forward to getting back to work and playing soccer with his team again.”
For $227, Gift will have his hernia repaired so that it no longer causes debilitating pain, and he can avoid internal complications. Gift says, “I have had the pain for so long and I didn’t know there was help for me. I am so thankful for everyone helping me.”