July 13, 2016 Our quarterly newsletters provide updates about the life-changing work of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, as well as updates from Australia. We are excited for you to stay in touch about how you are helping to make childbirth...
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August 18, 2017 A hard-working childhood Toyiba’s childhood was a difficult one. She did not attend school, instead spending her days looking after her family’s cattle and sheep, collecting water from a distant water hole and collecting firewood. When she...
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August 18, 2017 A talented student Habtam was born and raised in Debark, a small city in Northern Ethiopia. An outstanding high school student, she was noticed early by our screening team at the Hamlin College of Midwives. While in...
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August 9, 2017 A lonely childhood Shewaye is 16 years old. She was born and raised in a small town close to our Yirgalem Fistula Hospital in Southern Ethiopia. Her father passed away when she was just a child, leaving...
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August 7, 2017 Spreading the Hamlin story Every time a High Tea for Hamlin is held, more people find out about the important work of Dr Catherine Hamlin and her team in Ethiopia. Supporters come together for a cup...
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July 31, 2017 This is Getenesh’s story… 24 year-old Getenesh was born in a remote, mountainous Ethiopian village. The village had few basic services, and amenities such as electricity, a health clinic and a market town were accessible only via...
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July 31, 2017 Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is incredibly proud to announce that the United Nations Association of Australia is awarding Dr Catherine Hamlin with the ‘UNAA Lifework Award 2017’. History of the UNAA Established in 1946, the UNAA...
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July 27, 2017 “We are midwives!” This was the proud concluding statement of a speech by Tizita, the Student Representative of the Hamlin College of Midwives 2017 graduating class. Despite it being the rainy season in Ethiopia, the rain stayed...
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July 26, 2017 Why host a High Tea for Hamlin? By hosting a High Tea for Hamlin you’re helping Dr Catherine Hamlin get even closer to her dream of eradicating obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. With events all over Australia, the...
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