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February 12, 2025
A brighter future for Chuni’s family

Chuni's family was changed because someone like you wanted to help future generations of women with planned giving.

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January 14, 2025
A change-agent in her community: Kelemi's story 

Kelemi’s baby was stillborn and she sustained an obstetric fistula. Her life chaged at Hamlin's Harar Fistula Hospital.

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January 13, 2025
Your messages of love

Your messages of love reached our patients in Ethiopia.

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January 13, 2025
Your support in action: Giving Tuesday 2024

Your support on Giving Tuesday gave women suffering with terrible childbirth injuries the best gift of all - their health and dignity.

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October 21, 2024
Bizuyie finds the courage to rebuild her life after obstetric fistula

Bizuyie is still unable to talk about the time she sustained a severe obstetric fistula injury 25 years’ ago. But we know her bladder was destroyed and the nerves in her legs were damaged, leaving her with difficulty walking and the need for a cane. Living in a remote village where no one knew what […]

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October 17, 2024
Overcoming Obstetric Fistula: Dinah’s Story

Dinah suffered for five years with an obstetric fistula injury and was isolated in her community. Then she arrived at Hamlin's Yirgalem Fistula Hospital.

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October 4, 2024
Fistula patient to safe birthing advocate: Amara's story

Amara was excited for her pregnancy but when her labour became prolonged, she was taken by stretcher to a local clinic.

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September 25, 2024
International Coffee Day

On International Coffee Day, we celebrate the power and strength of coffee. Dagmawit is former fistula patient from Yirgalem and today she has her own coffee farm.

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Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation is fiscally sponsored by Myriad USA (formerly King Baudouin Foundation United States - KBFUS) (EIN582277856) and Myriad Canada (RCO769784893RR0001)

Photography credits to Cameron Bloom, Nigel Brennan, Mary F. Calvert, Kate Geraghty, Amber Hooper, Joni Kabana, Johannes Remling and Martha Tadesse.

Patient names have been changed to protect the identities of those we help.