by Mikaela Robertson | Aug 13, 2025 | Stories
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...
by Mikaela Robertson | Jul 16, 2025 | Stories
What is an obstetric fistula? An obstetric fistula is caused when a woman in obstructed labour isn’t able to have an emergency Caesarean Section. The baby’s head, pressed against the mother’s pelvis without relief, causes a large hole to develop between the birth...
by Mikaela Robertson | Jun 13, 2025 | Stories
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...
by Mikaela Robertson | May 23, 2025 | Stories
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...
by Mikaela Robertson | Apr 4, 2025 | Stories
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...
by Mikaela Robertson | Nov 21, 2024 | Stories
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...
