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Adanech – A role model in her community

Adanech sustained a devastating obstetric fistula during the birth of her seventh child, which left her incontinent and in immense physical and emotional pain. Unable to face the judgement of others, Adanech withdrew from her family and friends. “They [Hamlin staff] helped me triumph over pain and isolation to stand tall as a beacon of […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Creating a new future after obstetric fistula

Without an understanding of obstetric fistula and its causes, survivors are often subject to severe social stigma due to their smell, perceptions of uncleanliness, a mistaken assumption of venereal disease and sometimes infertility. Women are trapped in a life of pain, shame and isolation. Nearly all patients at Hamlin’s fistula hospitals report psychological issues associated […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Project Zero is laying the foundations for sustainable change

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s groundbreaking program Project Zero, was launched in late 2023 with the aim of finding every woman living with untreated childbirth injuries, woreda (district) by woreda. Following the success of the first pilot in Ale Woreda, the second pilot in Didessa Woreda began in February 2024. This woreda comprises 33 kebeles (neighbourhoods) with […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Kelemi is affecting change in her community

Mother. Educator. Believer. These are what Kelemi has become since receiving life-changing surgery at Hamlin’s Yirgalem Fistula Hospital. But it was a long journey to get here. When Kelemi and her husband found out she was pregnant, they were very happy. Like every woman in her remote village, Kelemi planned to give birth at home […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

A record year for Hamlin’s clinical team

For most women with obstetric fistula, a simple surgery typically lasting no longer than two hours, repairs their injury and transforms their lives. Your support enables Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia to treat, heal and empower Ethiopian women so they can start their lives anew. Developed by Dr Catherine Hamlin, the world-renowned surgery techniques used at Hamlin […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Giving birth in safe hands

Kedida is one of the lucky ones. Pregnant with her first child, and recognising the signs of labour, she made her way by public transport to the Watar Hamlin-midwifery clinic. Gadissie, a newly graduated Hamlin Midwife, was there to welcome her. Having completed practical placements in several rural clinics while studying for her BSc Midwifery […]...

December 2nd, 2024 Read More
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Dr Leta, fistula surgeon explains the importance of prevention

Eight years ago, Dr Leta was a student in Gondar University when Dr Catherine Hamlin visited to inaugurate a fistula centre. Her words made a lasting impact on him. “During her speech, Dr Catherine said that to cease the suffering of obstetric fistula patients, you must put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Even then, she […]...

November 25th, 2024 Read More

Give back this festive season

As we approach the holiday season, we look forward to celebrating with our families and friends; sharing a festive meal together and reflecting on the blessings of the past year. But families elsewhere in the world do not have as much to be thankful for. When a woman in Ethiopia does not receive the medical […]...

November 25th, 2024 Read More