Pat attended a fistula camp recently where Dr Andrew Browning AM and his team were able to operate on her. Today, she can’t stop smiling and telling everyone the news of her healing. Here is Pat’s story: In her small village deep in the tropical...
Margaret was living – and suffering – with a fistula for over 50 years before she came to be treated at the Reconciliation Hospital in South Sudan. She was delighted to use a bed for the first time in her life, but most of all she was so happy to just have people sit...
Halim is around 22 years old and she’s spent her life living in a nomadic village, in the Afar desert in Ethiopia. It’s a harsh life – dry, dusty and incredibly hot – with no comforts whatsoever. In her community, women often walk for hours to get water before the sun...
Barachi's Journey to Healing Fistulas are devastating injuries that women can suffer during childbirth if they do not have access to maternity health services. This International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, we want to share with you Barachi’s story. Barachi...
Hilda suffered an obstetric fistula during childbirth as a teenager. Hear her story below. Hilda’s Story: From Ashamed to Ambassador! When Hilda was fifteen, she was married and soon fell pregnant. After three days of labour, Hilda was in critical...
Loretta is from Chad, right in the centre of Africa. She had been living with a fistula for three years and is now a widow. Loretta had already used all her savings to travel from Chad to Cameroon to be operated upon, but devastatingly, that operation...
