Kakindo is a small-scale farmer from Uganda. She is a widow with one child.
25 years ago, Kakindo began to experience troubling symptoms, including shortness of breath, disfigurement, and difficulty swallowing. She was diagnosed with a goiter. She needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is helping Kakindo receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on March 5 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.
Kakindo says, “I will continue with cultivation after surgery to get survival.”