Alice is a 52-year-old small-scale farmer from Uganda. She is a confident and eloquent mother to two children who are currently pursuing their studies. Alice faced various challenges growing up as an orphan, but she persevered and completed school through seventh grade. Unfortunately, she was unable to continue her education due to a lack of funding. Alice and her husband rely on small-scale farming to sustain their livelihood, as they have limited land. They primarily grow crops to feed their family but sell any surplus to generate additional income. Five years ago, Alice began to experience troubling symptoms, including swelling in her neck. This condition causes her difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath, and consistent palpitations. She was diagnosed with a left cystic goiter or an enlarged area in the thyroid. Alice needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare (AMH), is helping Alice receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on July 11th at AMH's care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $252, and Alice and her family need help raising money. Alice says, “I believe if I get your support, I will be operated on and will get better.”

Hannafy is a 13-year-old 7th-grade student from Cambodia. He lives in Kampong Chnang with his parents and two younger siblings. His parents work in construction and Hannafy cares for his siblings after school. He enjoys his Cambodian history class and hopes to attend university to become a Cambodian-Mandarin translator. In January, Hannafy and his parents noticed a mass growing near his two front teeth. Hannafy experiences pain near the growth and has missed several days of school due to it. Hannafy's parents are worried about the growing size of the mass. Hannafy traveled to our medical partner's care center to receive treatment. On July 5, surgeons at our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), will remove the mass. Now, Hannafy's family needs help to raise $273 to fund this procedure. Hannafy said that he hopes that he can stop having pain and return to school without taking sick days.

Deziranta is a 51-year-old mother of seven children--four sons and three daughters. All of her children are studying at school with the eldest in senior school class five and the youngest in primary class five. Deziranta had to leave school at primary class seven because she lacked money for the school fees. She earns her income from farming, and her husband works in masonry. For six years, Deziranta has been experiencing lower abdominal pain, backache, severe bleeding, and headaches. She has been diagnosed with uterine myoma, also known as uterine fibroids or leiomyomas which are non-cancerous tumors that grow in the uterus. Deziranta needs to undergo a hysterectomy, a procedure in which surgeons will remove her uterus. Fortunately, our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation (AMHF), can help. AMHF is requesting $219 to fund Deziranta's surgery. On September 5th, she will undergo gynecological surgery at AMHF's care center. Once recovered, Deziranta will be able to resume her daily activities free of pain. Deziranta says, “The uterus is what has always been causing me all this pain. I hope that when it is removed, I will get well and will be able to continue with my activities around home in good health.”