Each year the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation takes two groups of supporters to Ethiopia (Hamlin Ethiopian Adventure), a trip to see the life-changing work of Dr Catherine Hamlin and her team. To come on the trip each year, supporters sign up to raise funds and awareness for the work being done in Ethiopia, and spread […]...
A Christmas thank you from our Board of Directors We would like to take this opportunity to thank each one of you for all the support that you have provided to the women of Ethiopia during 2018. Throughout the year we have continued to work hard to realise Dr Catherine Hamlin’s dream for every Ethiopian […]...
Hosting a High Tea for Hamlin is a great way to raise funds for women in Ethiopia suffering with the most horrific, preventable, childbirth injury – obstetric fistula. Our High Tea community is Australia-wide and we love sharing the stories of our fundraisers and what inspired them to get involved. Gay and Carol’s yearly High Tea […]...
A horrific – preventable – childbirth injury During High Tea for Hamlin season, we are always blown away by the support we receive from community groups who host events to raise funds and awareness for the work of Dr Catherine Hamlin and her team. The Rotary Club of Claremont in Tasmania held a High Tea […]...
Spring is just around the corner, and with it High Tea for Hamlin registrations have opened once again. By hosting a High Tea for Hamlin, you will become part of a group of extraordinary people who help some of the most marginalised women in the world – women who have suffered an obstetric fistula. One such […]...
Sydney businesswoman and philanthropist, Sonia Fenton, visited The Hospital By The River for the first time in 2013. During her visit, she met with Dr Hamlin, staff and patients. She was so touched by the plight of the patients and impressed by the work being done, that she made a very significant gift to the […]...
1. When did you first hear about the work of Dr Catherine Hamlin? I first heard about the Hamlin’s’ work a very long time ago. Probably in the 1990’s. I was asked to do a talk on someone that I admired at my French group, so I chose Catherine. Then, when driving by one day, I […]...
1. When did you first hear about the work of Dr Catherine Hamlin? Oprah and books! Catherine’s Gift and The Hospital by the River are memoirs that inspired me just as much as they shocked with stories about this devastating injury, obstetric fistula, that affects the most marginalised of women. 2. What motivated you to start volunteering? The Catherine […]...
Approaching my 40th birthday I was actually very apprehensive. I had the usual life questions that tend to surround these milestones and I wanted to mark the occasion in a way that would have real meaning. I toyed with the idea of a weekend away or a party but these ideas just didn’t resonate. I […]...
Two women knitting. Sixteen life-changing surgeries. Since 2014, Denise and Thelma have knitted an array of items – from chickens to children’s socks – to raise money for the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation. What started with Denise selling a handful of papier-mâché chickens has now turned into a whole online community. Denise sells her items […]...
“Our purpose was united, we all wanted to support the wonderful work of Catherine Hamlin. Each day of our trip was even more amazing than the last.” – Caroline So why did I choose to travel to Ethiopia? Saying ‘yes’ is something that I have been trying out lately and it has certainly changed my […]...
David Winterbottom was appointed to the Board in February 2017. He is one of Australia’s most experienced restructuring and turnaround executives and is the Managing Partner of KordaMentha’s Sydney office. David has more than 30 years’ experience working with organisations to solve financial, operational, and strategic problems. David is a Chartered Accountant and an Official […]...
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