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Providing lifesaving maternal healthcare & fistula repair in remote Africa

Around the world, approximately 800 women die every day from birth-related injuries such as fistula. More than half of these are in sub-Saharan Africa. The Barbara May Foundation funds projects that provide dignity and safety for underprivileged women in birth.

Established in 2009, the Barbara May Foundation (BMF) provides funding to Australian medical professionals Valerie Browning AM and Dr Andrew Browning AM initiating and managing projects in remote East Africa (Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Northern Uganda) that relieve the high incidence of death and extreme injury such as fistula in pregnancy and childbirth. They provide safety, dignity and hope. Maternal healthcare and medical services are provided at no cost, regardless of race or religion.

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Happy Easter! Melkam Fasika!
 
To everyone celebrating Easter, whether here or in Africa, we send our greetings and blessings.
 
There is nothing like hope after the darkness, new life after loss, and generous, compassionate love. Thank you to God who modelled for us the greatest love for us all 🧡

#barbaramayfoundation #melkamfasika #happyeaster

Happy Easter! Melkam Fasika!

To everyone celebrating Easter, whether here or in Africa, we send our greetings and blessings.

There is nothing like hope after the darkness, new life after loss, and generous, compassionate love. Thank you to God who modelled for us the greatest love for us all 🧡

#barbaramayfoundation #melkamfasika #happyeaster
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Apwoyo (hello) from Kampala, Uganda! Dr Andrew Browning (Medical Director), Karen Baker (General Manager) and our Sonic Healthcare friends are pictured here en route to a small, remote community of northern Uganda ✈️

Barbara May Foundation, together with Te-Kworo Foundation and Sonic Healthcare Foundation, have a near-constructed maternity hospital in Pader, northern Uganda, due to open later this year. 

This new facility, generously supported by Sonic, will give poor and vulnerable women in this community a safe place to deliver their babies and be supported through any complications, free of charge.

#barbaramayfoundation #womenshealth #childbirth #maternity #maternalhealth #midwifery #australiancharity

Apwoyo (hello) from Kampala, Uganda! Dr Andrew Browning (Medical Director), Karen Baker (General Manager) and our Sonic Healthcare friends are pictured here en route to a small, remote community of northern Uganda ✈️

Barbara May Foundation, together with Te-Kworo Foundation and Sonic Healthcare Foundation, have a near-constructed maternity hospital in Pader, northern Uganda, due to open later this year.

This new facility, generously supported by Sonic, will give poor and vulnerable women in this community a safe place to deliver their babies and be supported through any complications, free of charge.

#barbaramayfoundation #womenshealth #childbirth #maternity #maternalhealth #midwifery #australiancharity
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Her Story: Halima 🧡

Halima is from the Afar region in Ethiopia. When she went into labour, she was attended by an untrained traditional birth attendant. The attendant tried to help deliver the baby, but, using an old traditional village knife, she accidentally cut through Halima’s urethra. Halima lived with a fistula, leaking urine, for five years. She has now received treatment at the Barbara May Maternity Hospital in Mille, Ethiopia, and is doing well. 

Here she is pictured with Sr Ahmed, an exceptional health officer who cares for all the patients, at our hospital supporting the millions living in the Afar deserts.

Find out more about the maternity and fistula hospitals we support in Africa, and how you can help more women like Halima - link in bio.

#birthstory #fistula #australiancharity #barbaramayfoundation #maternity #maternalhealth #womenshealth

Her Story: Halima 🧡

Halima is from the Afar region in Ethiopia. When she went into labour, she was attended by an untrained traditional birth attendant. The attendant tried to help deliver the baby, but, using an old traditional village knife, she accidentally cut through Halima’s urethra. Halima lived with a fistula, leaking urine, for five years. She has now received treatment at the Barbara May Maternity Hospital in Mille, Ethiopia, and is doing well.

Here she is pictured with Sr Ahmed, an exceptional health officer who cares for all the patients, at our hospital supporting the millions living in the Afar deserts.

Find out more about the maternity and fistula hospitals we support in Africa, and how you can help more women like Halima - link in bio.

#birthstory #fistula #australiancharity #barbaramayfoundation #maternity #maternalhealth #womenshealth
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We're so excited about the upcoming afternoon at the beautiful @desaliswines 

FYI we have a limited number of tickets available... so if you're thinking about coming, make sure you purchase your tickets soon to avoid disappointment!

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Have you purchased your tickets yet? 👀

We`re so excited about the upcoming afternoon at the beautiful @desaliswines

FYI we have a limited number of tickets available... so if you`re thinking about coming, make sure you purchase your tickets soon to avoid disappointment!

Link in bio for more info!
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#charityevent #barbaramayfoundation #winensw #nswwine #orangensw #fistula #maternalhealth #womenshealth #birthstory #australiancharity
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Did you miss our latest newsletter?! Don't worry - you can now read it online (link in our bio!). 

#barbaramayfoundation #fistulatreatment #australiancharity #volunteersmakeadifference #upcomingevents #brisbane #orangensw

Did you miss our latest newsletter?! Don`t worry - you can now read it online (link in our bio!).

#barbaramayfoundation #fistulatreatment #australiancharity #volunteersmakeadifference #upcomingevents #brisbane #orangensw
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