Through the Hamlin Model of Care, Fatuma was able to undergo fistula repair surgery at Hamlin and gain a new start to her life.

Chaltu doesn't know when her birthday is; she estimates that she is 20 years old. Unfortunately, Chaltu does know, all too well, the agony of obstetric fistula. Chaltu's story is far too common in remote Ethiopia: a lack of resources and information condemning women to suffer the preventable tragedy of fistula. At the time of […]

From the agony of obstetric fistula to a life restored, Etagegn was treated with love at Hamlin's Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Read her story.