Sarah is a 47-year-old woman from Kenya. She is married and has seven children. Three of her children have finished school, two are in secondary school, and two are in primary school. Sarah's husband is a farmer who plants and sells maize to support his family. In the past, they had livestock as well, but they sold all of them to raise school fees for their children. About two years ago, Sarah started to experience neck pain, neck swelling, and fatigue affecting her ability to work. She visited a nearby health facility where she received pain medication, but her symptoms persisted. Fortunately, our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare (AMH), was hosting a clinic in Sarah's town. Sarah visited the clinic and AMH doctors diagnosed her with a non-toxic multinodular goiter, a disease impacting the thyroid gland. Sarah then traveled to AMH's care center, where she will receive surgery to prevent her symptoms from worsening. However, Sarah does not have active medical insurance and needs help to pay for her surgery. Sarah is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on June 22nd at AMH's care center. During the procedure, surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. Now, AMH is requesting $936 to cover the cost of Sarah's surgery. Sarah says, "I feel bad when I see my family members working tirelessly on the farm without my help. Please help me so that I may be strong and be able to offer help to them."

Celine is a labourer from Kenya. She is 28 years old and is the last born in a family of five siblings, all grown up and blessed with families. She studied until Form 4 and passed her final exams, but her parents had no money to take her to college so she started looking for jobs. She worked as a hotelier before getting married. She is a mother of one child, three years old and lives in a single-room timber house on her husband's ancestral land. She has been doing casual jobs, e.g. washing clothes, but recently got a better job as a hotelier, where she earns 5,000 Kenyan Shillings ($32) per month. Her husband does door-to-door hawking of goods. They combine both efforts to pay for national health insurance coverage and do small projects. She has a small piece of land where she farms maize and beans for home consumption. In 2019, Celine had a successful c-section surgery. However, after a year, keloids started developing at the site of the operation. She consulted a gynecologist in Nyambene sub-county, where she was given some medication and advised to wait for some time. She was referred to a surgeon in our partner facility, where she presented with a painful growing scar, which has been increasing in size with time. She experiences pain and is often uncomfortable wearing clothing over the area. Despite trying, her health insurance has denied support and she doesn’t have money to pay for the procedure and is appealing for financial assistance. On November 23rd, surgeons will remove the growth so she can get back to living her life and working. Now, Celine needs help to raise $529 to fund this procedure. Celine says, "I’m kindly asking for your support."

Amos is a confident, 28 year old man, who lives with his family in Uganda. Just as Amos was beginning his university studies some years back, his father passed away, leaving Amos without the means to fund his education. He left school, and took on the care of his two siblings, who subsequently also passed away. Currently, Amos depends upon the cultivation of maize, beans, groundnuts and potatoes to provide for his wife and two children. His wife contributes to the family income by working as a casual laborer. In addition to his farming, Amos has taken on the role of chairperson in local groups within his village. Amos first sought medical attention due to persistent abdominal pain, a constant feeling of fullness, episodes of constipation, and occasional shortness of breath. These symptoms have persisted for the past nine months. Initially, he visited a clinic, where he was misdiagnosed with a thyroid issue, for which he received treatment which did nothing to alleviate his symptoms. After visiting with another doctor, a scan revealed the presence of a mesenteric mass. The recommended course of action is a curative laparotomy; however, Amos lacks the financial means to undergo the necessary surgery. In light of these circumstances, Amos humbly appeals for your support. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is seeking $242 to cover the costs of the curative laparotomy, that Amos is scheduled to undergo on August 8th, at Karoli Lwanga Hospital, Nyakibale. Your assistance would not only alleviate Amos' financial burden, but it would also contribute to his well-being, providing him with the opportunity to undergo the crucial surgery that could significantly improve his quality of life. Amos says: "I hope for a complete recovery once I am operated on, and I am confident that I will certainly regain my health after the surgery."