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Tag: Obstetric Fistula

A record year for Hamlin’s clinical team

For most women with obstetric fistula, a simple surgery typically lasting no longer than two hours, repairs their injury and transforms their lives. Your support enables Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia to treat, heal and empower Ethiopian women so they can start their lives anew. Developed by Dr Catherine Hamlin, the world-renowned surgery techniques used at Hamlin […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Honour your loved one’s life

When you lose someone you love, you want their memory to last forever. Choosing to honour a loved one with a gift in memory to Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation is a powerful way to celebrate their life and cherish special memories while creating a legacy that will impact future generations. A bereavement gift can also be […]...

November 18th, 2024 Read More

The symbolism of the iconic Hamlin blanket

Likelesh has called the hospital by the river her home for decades. Having suffered a devastating obstetric fistula injury when she was younger, she arrived at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital seeking treatment. But the love and support she found there completely changed the trajectory of her life. Born and raised in a rural village […]...

November 18th, 2024 Read More

New phase of Project Zero

Following the success of the Project Zero pilot, Phase II of this ambitious new program is now underway in a new district of Ethiopia....

March 22nd, 2024 Read More

Your impact: Kokebe’s Story

Kokebe laboured for three days at home before being taken to hospital. Sadly for Kokebe, this was the start of 10 years hidden away in grief and shame. ...

January 23rd, 2024 Read More
Haile patient

Your support in action: Haile’s story

Haile’s happy life with her new husband in the remote hillside village of Yirgachefe in South Ethiopia was shattered when she lost her baby in childbirth and sustained a fistula injury three years ago....

April 3rd, 2023 Read More