Transforming maternal health in rural Ethiopia Where a midwife is often the difference between life and death, the deployment of Hamlin midwives has transformed healthcare for rural mothers in Ethiopia. Nested among the hills of Eastern Ethiopia, the Hamlin Midwifery Clinic in the Jarso Health Centre is making a profound impact on the local community. […]...
Hindiya’s story Born and raised in Kombolcha, a rural town in eastern Ethiopia, Hindiya was part of the fourth graduating class from the Hamlin College of Midwives. Soon after her graduation she was deployed to a new Hamlin Midwifery Clinic in Watar. Previously this government health centre had no trained midwives. “I am very happy […]...
The UN’s sustainable development goals provide a vision for a better future for all. Here’s how our work fits in. Imagine you’re a young woman who’s gone through days of labour, delivered a stillborn child, then found you’re leaking urine or faeces uncontrollably through a hole in your vagina. Every obstetric fistula is a personal […]...
Cake Recipe by Dr Catherine Hamlin Cake Prepared and Photographed by Jacki Fanto of Blissfully Sweet If you sign up to host a High Tea for Hamlin, you’ll receive three more of Team Hamlin’s favourite recipes! Find out more today at hamlin.org.au/hightea Lemon Drizzle Cake Anything with lemons gets my vote! Be it with […]...
Catherine and Reg became one of the world's greatest humanitarian couples but before that, they fell in love in Sydney. ...
Dr Hamlin’s work acknowledged by UNAA Last week, Dr Catherine Hamlin was awarded the United Nations Association of Australia ‘Lifework Award 2017’. The award was accepted on Catherine’s behalf by her niece and namesake Catherine II, and her nephew Philip. To mark World Humanitarian Day 2017, the UNAA Peace Program honoured exemplary Australians who have […]...
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 “endeavours to inform, inspire and engage all Australians regarding the work, goals, and values of the United Nations to create […]...
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia Australia is thrilled that one of Sydney’s new ferries will be named after Australian icon and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr Catherine Hamlin AC. Dr Catherine Hamlin is a pioneering Australian obstetrician-gynaecologist who travelled to Ethiopia almost 60 years ago and was deeply touched when she met her first obstetric fistula patient. […]...
The team in Australia received a vibrant letter from Dr Hamlin last week. Now 92, Catherine still lives on the grounds of the hospital in Addis Ababa. We’d like to share some of her words with you… We have just welcomed our CEO back from his visit to Australia. He came on Monday morning for […]...
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 injuries a thing of the past. Click to read and download View Online Brochure Download Online Brochure 2021 – […]...
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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