Word spread of the incredible work Drs Reg and Catherine Hamlin were doing at the Princess Tsehai Memorial Hospital. To cater for the increasing number of obstetric fistula patients arriving at their doorstep, Catherine and Reg began fundraising. In 1971, using money donated from New Zealand, they bought a piece of land on the outskirts […]...
Last week we lost one of the world’s great humanitarians, Dr Catherine Hamlin. Dr Hamlin was the co-founder of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and a pioneer in obstetric fistula surgery. Catherine passed away peacefully at her home on the grounds of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia on Wednesday March 18th, 2020. She was 96 […]...
By Carolyn Hardy, Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation You can live a lifetime and not meet a saint. Catherine Hamlin was a living, breathing saint. I’ve worked in the international development sector for nearly twenty years – mostly with large, respected and well known organisations with many talented and committed colleagues. However, none […]...
Drs Reg and Catherine Hamlin knew that they needed to build a life together that was fulfilling and challenging. As experienced and forward-thinking obstetrician-gynaecologists, they had both experienced working in several overseas postings, yet when a posting to work in Ethiopia was listed in the medical journal The Lancet, it was an opportunity that the […]...
Elinor ‘Catherine’ Nicholson was born in 1924 and raised in the Sydney suburb of Ryde, at The Hermitage, built by John Blaxland in 1842. One of six children of Elinor and Theodore Nicholson, she went to Frensham School in Mittagong before attending the University of Sydney and graduating from its Medical School in 1946. Courtship […]...
Read this wonderful article written by Aurora Prize about Dr Catherine Hamlin and her over 60 years dedicated to women in Ethiopia. A version of this was first published on February 29, 2020 on the Aurora Prize website here. Dr. Catherine Hamlin dedicated her life to fighting the stigma and suffering faced by Ethiopian women […]...
Click here to read Steve Meacham’s full article, “Sentimental journey with pictures of hope”, from The Sydney Morning Herald (October 15, 2019). Photos: Kate Geraghty, Renee Nowytarger To learn more about Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation’s bi-annual trips to Ethiopia, click here. To purchase Wendy Sharpe’s limited-edition art prints and support Dr Catherine Hamlin’s work, click […]...
Previously in Reg and Catherine’s story… With an unconventional first meeting – a job interview for a resident position at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital – the then Dr Catherine Nicholson and Dr Reginald Hamlin were destined for an unconventional love story. Upon accepting the resident job, Catherine’s mother had asked Reg, Crown Street’s medical […]...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is a making a difference on the global health scene: he is the current Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He has been a longtime supporter of Dr Catherine Hamlin and the remarkable work of her team at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. The ripple effect Earlier this year, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia […]...
It was the beginning of a relationship that would go on to forever change the lives of thousands. Yet when the then Catherine Nicholson met Reginald Hamlin, there was little to indicate that the two doctors would be embarking on an epic journey which would span decades and continents. An Unmissable Opportunity In 1948, at […]...
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Dr Catherine Hamlin’s arrival Ethiopia, her remarkable story has been captured in a beautiful, limited-edition, full-colour photography book. ‘Dr Catherine Hamlin AC – The Saint of Addis Ababa’ is a 54 page high quality photo book that is perfect for the coffee table, as a collector’s item or as […]...
Dr Catherine Hamlin has been honoured with the ‘NSW Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership’ by Women & Leadership Australia (video below). The award was in recognition of Catherine’s 60 years of dedication to the eradication of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. For 60 of her 95 years, Catherine has been a world leader in best […]...
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