Ngabirano is a secretary from Uganda. She is a single mother to a ten-year-old son in third grade. She separated with her husband due to family negligence and domestic violence. She previously worked in a private secondary school but due to the COVID-19 lockdown schools have closed and she decided to turn to farming. She is now living in her childhood home and is the sole provider for her child’s needs.
Five years ago, Ngabirano began to experience troubling symptoms, including shortness of breath. 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 Ngabirano receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on July 7th at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $252, and she and her family need help raising money.
Ngabirano shared, “I pray that my surgery goes well so that I can continue to provide a brighter future for my son because he is all that I have.”