We are Mercy and Allan Gitobu. We live in San Diego with our daughters Nkatha and Meme. Our brother Mutwiri, his wife Jaki, and children Kapoom, Murithi, and Joey live here in San Diego as well. Gitobu and Mutwiri are the brothers of Maingi – Mercy’s husband. Not to confuse anyone both Maingi and Gitobu’s wives share a first name “Mercy”
Why are we talking about ourselves? It is because we are leading the effort to help Mercy Maingi raise the money to fund her surgery.
Kenya has little to poor insurance coverage. In Mercy’s case, the operation will require $16,000.00. Her health coverage through NHIF (government-sponsored health insurance much like Medicare in the US) will not cover much more than 10% of this bill. For that, Mercy has to find the money by appealing to family, friends, and neiighbors. We are leading this effort and appealing to you to help her out through the donation methods we have provided.