Kinkuhire is a farmer from Uganda. She is married mother to six children. Three self-employed in cultivation and three others are still in secondary schools. Her husband is a small scale farmer and she as well she can’t afford the costs of her surgery
Six years ago, Kinkuhire began to experience troubling symptoms, including neck swelling and difficulty breathing. 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 Kinkuhire receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on November 19th 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.
Kinkuhire says, “I am hoping for a successful surgery and to have a good quality of health after surgery. I will continue with cultivation.”