Atuhaire is a farmer from Uganda. She is a married mother of four children: one boy who has just completed seventh grade and the rest are girls who are all married and are also small-scale farmers. Atuhaire also weaves mats and baskets to earn additional income and her husband is a construction worker.
Eight years ago, Atuhaire began experiencing troubling symptoms. She had difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, and persistent headaches. 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 Atuhaire receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on June 23 at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $264, and she and her family need help raising money.
Atuhaire shared, “I was glad to learn about this program and I hope that I will have good health after my surgery so that I can continue farming to provide to my family.