The Hamlin Ethiopian Adventure is the trip of a lifetime and one not easily forgotten, but don’t take our word for it. Hear from Kate, a Hamlin volunteer and 2019 Hamlin Ethiopian Adventurer, about her experience as a participant on the March trip of a lifetime. Kate’s story My trip was entirely awesome, from meeting […]...
A meeting with the Emperor It’s not every day that you have an audience with the Emperor, yet Dr Catherine Hamlin was able to arrange one for two visitors from Australia in the 1960s, Sul and Suzanne. Dressed in their finest clothes, the three women drove to the palace and awaited their meeting with the […]...
In 1959, Drs Catherine and Reg Hamlin began a journey that they thought would last three years and help a handful of women. Instead, they would forever change the maternal health landscape of Ethiopia. The Hamlin team has now treated over 60,000 women and the Hamlin Model of Care is a recognised treatment and rehabilitation program […]...
Dr David John Knox, Director, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation. Catherine and Reg Hamlin have been part of my life for as long as I can remember as my mother was Catherine’s older sister. I was eight when they first left for Ethiopia to set up a midwifery school. I was very envious of my younger […]...
Birru and Catherine We took a stroll down memory lane with Dr Catherine Hamlin’s good friend and colleague Birru to reflect on the past 60 years of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. — 60,000 women with an obstetric fistula have been treated — 145 midwives have graduated from the Hamlin College of Midwives — 40,000 babies have […]...
A lifetime of caring Dr Catherine Hamlin has dedicated six decades of her life to serving some of the most vulnerable women in the world: Ethiopian women who have suffered a preventable childbirth injury, obstetric fistula. On 13 November 2017, Catherine’s life work was recognised when she was awarded the 2018 NSW Senior Australian of […]...
A shocking introduction to fistula Doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin had been working at the Princess Tsehai Hospital for only a week when they came across their first patient with an obstetric fistula. It was a shock for the couple who had not previously seen a fistula case. In Western countries, obstetric fistulas are virtually […]...
“They were an unlikely pair. The charismatic, billionaire media personality…and the conservative, missionary doctor, who had spent most of her life quietly going about her life-saving medical work in Ethiopia.” – John Little, from the book Catherine’s Gift. In 2004, Dr Catherine Hamlin was invited to travel from Ethiopia to Chicago for an interview on The […]...
Only possibly thanks to you The green and gold Sydney ferries are an iconic part of the maritime scene in Sydney harbour and surrounding waterways. In 2016, Sydneysiders were given the opportunity to suggest and vote for the names of six new ferries. Out of the 15,000 suggestions, one of Sydney’s newest ferries was named […]...
“As a journalist it is my privilege to shine a spotlight on people…my greatest honour is to be able to shine that spotlight on people who are doing truly extraordinary work around the world. Thank you for letting me shine that light and congratulations on 95 extraordinary years on behalf of humanity.” On Dr Catherine […]...
‘Catherine Hamlin is such a distinguished woman; whose manners reflect the formalities of a bygone age. Therefore, I felt I must paint her in a classic realist style after being so captivated by the beautiful paintings of the great masters I saw in the Louvre, also of a bygone era.’ In 2013, Sally Ryan’s portrait […]...
“For the greatest benefit to humankind.” – Alfred Nobel Nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr Catherine Hamlin has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to improving maternal healthcare for women in Ethiopia. History of the Nobel Prize Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor, scientist and entrepreneur, established the Nobel Prize through his last […]...
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