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Tag: Patients

A child named Hamlin

When Biftu gave birth to a girl, she named her Hamlin in honour of the place where she received care and compassion....

February 17th, 2025 Read More

Thank you for your kind messages to our patients!

Our patients love receiving your kind messages of love and support. Knowing they have your care and support from across the world gives them strength and courage during their recovery. Whether you send your messages to us in the post or online when making a donation, each one is delivered and attached to a beautiful […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Adanech – A role model in her community

Adanech sustained a devastating obstetric fistula during the birth of her seventh child, which left her incontinent and in immense physical and emotional pain. Unable to face the judgement of others, Adanech withdrew from her family and friends. “They [Hamlin staff] helped me triumph over pain and isolation to stand tall as a beacon of […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Creating a new future after obstetric fistula

Without an understanding of obstetric fistula and its causes, survivors are often subject to severe social stigma due to their smell, perceptions of uncleanliness, a mistaken assumption of venereal disease and sometimes infertility. Women are trapped in a life of pain, shame and isolation. Nearly all patients at Hamlin’s fistula hospitals report psychological issues associated […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

Kelemi is affecting change in her community

Mother. Educator. Believer. These are what Kelemi has become since receiving life-changing surgery at Hamlin’s Yirgalem Fistula Hospital. But it was a long journey to get here. When Kelemi and her husband found out she was pregnant, they were very happy. Like every woman in her remote village, Kelemi planned to give birth at home […]...

January 6th, 2025 Read More

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

National Nutrition Week

This National Nutrition Week, we recognise that food is not only an integral part of a woman’s holistic healing journey after the trauma of obstetric fistula at Hamlin. For our patients, it’s about feeling part of a nurtured - and nourished - community....

October 8th, 2024 Read More

World Mental Health Day

This World Mental Health Day, we're looking at the psychological impact of obstetric fistula. Nearly all patients at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital report psychological issues associated with their condition. These terrible injuries leave women trapped in a life of pain, shame, and isolation....

October 8th, 2024 Read More

International Coffee Day

On International Coffee Day, we celebrate the power and strength of coffee. Dagmawit is former fistula patient from Yirgalem and today she has her own coffee farm. ...

September 25th, 2024 Read More

A beacon of hope for others: Ayana’s story

Ayana’s story serves as a poignant reminder of the devastating impact that a lack of access to quality maternal healthcare can have on a woman’s life. Ayana is from the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia. She and her husband were looking forward to expanding their family but with no access to antenatal care or medical […]...

September 16th, 2024 Read More