Komuhangi is a small-scale farmer from Uganda. She is a widow who lost her husband in 2013, leaving her with six children. Four boys: one operates a hair salon and the others are all still at school. She has two girls: one married so far and also a small-scale farmer. Komuhangi earns a living through practicing farming and as a part-time worker in other people’s farms to earn a living.
Five years ago, Komuhangi began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty swallowing, heart palpitations and blurred vision. 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 Komuhangi receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on March 10th 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.
Komuhangi says, “I hope that I may have peace after my surgery is done.”