Mpuuga is a 10-year-old boy in fifth grade. He lives with his mother and sister in an urban city in Uganda. His best subjects in school are math and English, and he wants to be a teacher when he grows up. He enjoys eating chips.
Mpuuga was one-month-old when he began crying a lot. His mother took him to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a hernia and given medicine. The hernia eventually disappeared, but reappeared three years ago. It has been very painful and sometimes Mpuuga has not been able to go to school. Mpuuga says the hernia is more painful when he plays.
$220 covers the cost of the hernia repair surgery that Mpuuga needs to get healthy. Mbuuga’s mother feels stressed because she is unable to pay for the treatment herself. If not treated, Mpuuga may suffer intestinal obstruction, strangulation and/or incarceration.
“I want to get well and have fun with my friends,” Mpuuga shares.