Alone. Isolated. Ashamed.
For 17 years Genet suffered with an obstetric fistula - not knowing she could be treated.
We need your continued partnership this tax time to find and treat 130 women like Genet - restoring their lives. Will you make a generous investment in their futures today?
Your gift can help reach women who are still suffering in silence.
Together, we can give them the life-changing treatment, dignity and hope they deserve.
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Please give generously to help find and heal 130 women like Genet - restoring their lives.
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We welcome patients warmly when they come for the first time. They become so happy when we give them Emaye’s [Mother, Catherine’s] blanket. Seeing women like Genet get cured always fills me with happiness.
- Zewde, nurse aide
One successful surgery can completely change a woman’s life, ending years of physical suffering, social isolation and emotional trauma. Funding these surgeries is not just healthcare - it’s a chance to restore dignity, hope and independence.
- Dr Bitew Abebe, Genet’s fistula surgeon
The health problem [obstetric fistula] I have faced has ruined my life. I didn’t know about the hospital [Addis Ababa]. After I receive treatment I hope to live a joyful life.
-Genet
Because of this injury, they’re ashamed. They won’t come out and talk about it because it’s to do with body waste. They feel that they’re unworthy to be women.
- Dr Catherine Hamlin
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For every $1 donated, 70 cents goes directly towards Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s programs for the treatment and prevention of obstetric fistula, 13 cents is necessary for accountability and administration and 17 cents is invested in fundraising efforts which allows us to help even more women in future years.
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