Read this fantastic article written by the ABC’s Jane Hutcheon about her recent visit to Ethiopia and the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. First published on July 5, 2019 on the ABC News website, by Jane Hutcheon. Catherine Hamlin has been Changing Women’s Lives in Ethiopia for 60 years Weaving slowly through the choked traffic and […]...
Hope for her future Since our Rehabilitation and Reintegration Appeal in September, over 490 women have completed education programs. One of these women is Mazaa. Mazaa was just a teenager living in a remote farming village when she married a farmer and soon fell pregnant. Mazaa’s labour took place at home and lasted an excruciating […]...
Asmere is 20 years old. She is pregnant with her second child and has an appointment at the Hamlin Midwifery Clinic at Ambesame – the closest clinic to her home. Today she will for the first time experience a prenatal service that is inaccessible to most women in regional Ethiopia: an ultrasound. Asmere has been […]...
Abinet, a recent graduate from the Hamlin Rehabilitation and Reintegration program, has just embarked on a new chapter of her life. After a nine-year journey of recovery at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, Abinet is now cured and has big plans for the future. Having recently completed the three-month Rehabilitation and Reintegration program, Abinet has returned home and is […]...
Life before fistula Neima doesn’t know how old she is. In her village, age isn’t a concern, survival is. When asked what their age is, Neima and her peers estimate. The second youngest in a family of five children, Neima’s childhood was spent looking after family animals and assisting her mother at home before she […]...
Hawa has two daughters and a son – who all have children of their own – and for most of their lives, Hawa has lived with an obstetric fistula....
After six days of unbearable pain she finally gave birth. Her baby was dead. Mekdes was left with a double obstetric fistula, leg injuries and was paralysed....
The long labour has severely damaged Tekiya, she suffered a double obstetric fistula and her legs were swollen which made her unable to walk....
When she fell pregnant, giving birth in a hospital was not even a consideration. It was literally impossible. She suffered a protracted labour for five days....
When her labour began, her family soon realised that something was terribly wrong. After four days, Aster finally gave birth but her child was dead. Aster, herself was barely alive....
Ruziya got married and soon after fell pregnant - she and her family were overjoyed. She continued to spend each day at work and prepared to have a home delivery like so many before her....
After four long, painful days passed without any sign of the baby, Belaynesh fell unconscious. Her family rushed her to the nearest health facility in another village....
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