Tugeineyo is a farmer from Uganda. She is a widow and a mother to four children. She has two girls, one married and the other still studying at the university. As for the boys, one is a policeman and and one is married and a small-scale farmer. She earns a living through practicing small-scale farming, growing mostly beans and millet.
For 20 years, Tugeineyo has experienced troubling symptoms, including difficulty breathing and sleeping along with a persistent cough and chest pain. 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 finally helping Tugeineyo receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on February 25th 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.
Tugeineyo says, “I hope that my surgery will be successful and I am looking forward to better health after it is done.”
