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At the age of 38, Regina Kimanthi was diagnosed with arthritis in 2015, following recurrent and unexplained joint pain and fatigue. "I have been on arthritis medication ever since," she says.
But sometimes, she runs out of medicine and is forced to endure the pain. As a resident of Malawi village in Makueni County, money is scarce. After all, poverty is a constant challenge that she and her fellow villagers face.
We met Regina last month at a free medical camp in Wote, made possible through a partnership between the Makueni County government and the M-Pesa Foundation.
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