In the 60 years since she first arrived in Ethiopia, Dr Catherine Hamlin and her team have treated over 60,000 women to repair their fistula injuries; the healing however, does not end there. Central to the Hamlin Model of Care is the provision of compassionate and complete care through rehabilitation. Fetenech’s story proves the power […]...
Every year bright young women from diverse regions of Ethiopia are awarded a scholarship to study midwifery at the Hamlin College of Midwives. ...
When Aregu became pregnant with her first child it was an exciting time for everyone. Her mother spent the last three months of the pregnancy in Aregu’s home, preparing for the new child....
“If you have no leg, you can go with a crutch. If you are blind, somebody to help you around. For fistula, this is worse. Family, father, brother, mum, they can’t help but the patient themselves. This is myself, with my mother and sister, I would be ashamed, because when I get up, there might […]...
When Aye was pregnant with her first child, she went into labour at home with no trained birth attendant to help. After four days of obstructed labour her baby had still not arrived....
Amaresh was full of joy to become a mother. But when she went into labour, something went wrong. At the end of the first day, her baby had not arrived. ...
Eshe dreamed of a big family but suffered multiple miscarriages. During her tenth pregnancy she had a very difficult labour. She laboured at home for three days....
Alemtsehay laboured at home for seven days. On the seventh day she could not push anymore and was unable to move her legs. Exhausted, she blacked out....
Semira grew up in the Amhara region, a rural area in Northern Ethiopia. It was during this pregnancy that she endured an obstructed labour and was left with an obstetric fistula....
Asrebeb weighed just 22kg when she came to the attention of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, and had spent seven years lying in bed in a small hut, unable to walk after suffering severe childbirth injuries. ...
In March, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia was covered by one of the world's most respected humanitarian commentators, Nick Kristof from the New York Times, in his article 'The World's Modern-Day Lepers: Women With Fistulas'....
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