Grace is a farmer from Kenya who plants maize in a farm left by her late husband. Grace wasn’t able to find a job and was supported by her brothers and children due to general body weakness. Grace knows people stare at her due to her condition and she now tries to stay away from people. This has always affected her well-being and restricted her ability to engage in other duties of getting income.
About 20 years ago, Grace began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty in breathing and has since then developed hoarse voice. 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 Grace receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on February 10th at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $641, and she and her family need help raising money.
Grace says, “I want this mass to be removed for two reasons; so that I can continue with my daily chores and live a life without further mockery.”