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 […]...
Deborah was one of the 2018 Hamlin Ethiopian Adventurers who committed to raising $10,000 for the work of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. After months of raising awareness and fundraising, she and the group of 14 travelled around Ethiopia for 19 days of adventure. It was a trip full of life changing experiences that are not easily […]...
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 […]...
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