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Book Review: God reveals himself as sovereign through ‘A Doctor in Africa’
It seems extraordinary that 2021 marks two decades since Catherine Hamlin’s book The Hospital by the River was published, introducing millions in the West to the distressing realities of obstetric fistula. The author of A Doctor in Africa, Andrew Browning, has...
Safe Birth Matching Grant – Double the Hope
Double your donation power! * Update 29/7/21: We have now reached the value of $10,000, donation matching has now been extended to $15,000. The amount total amount of $30,000 will fund 150 safe births and 75 fistula repair operations. A wonderful friend of the...
Dr Andrew Browning featured on “To Be Human”, a podcast by Jennah-Louise
A word from Jennah-Louise about this episode featuring Dr Browning: "Hello beautiful people. On today’s podcast we have the compassionate and committed Dr Andrew Browning. Andrew has spent 17 years of his life working in countries such as Ethiopia, Sierra Leone,...
End of Financial Year Appeal
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER – OR ARE WE? End of Financial Year Appeal For 18 months now the world has struggled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been lucky in Australia, as an island nation, we have been protected from many of the collateral issues....
Dr Andrew Browning’s memoir ‘A Doctor in Africa’
Dr Andrew Browning’s memoir ‘A Doctor in Africa’ has been released by Pan Macmillan and is receiving wonderful reviews! With the preface by HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, and foreword by Her Excellency, Linda Hurley, Andrew’s book is an inspiring story of his...
Weekend Evenings with Christine Anu: Andrew Browning’s two decades of caring for African women
Andrew Browning is an Australian doctor – an obstetrician and gynaecologist - who has become world renowned for his work in Africa, particularly helping women suffering with obstetric fistula in Africa. Before he completed his medical degree in Australia, he’d...
Podcast: Missionary Doctor
“As a junior doctor I went to Ethiopia to work with my aunt in the desert area, and we were just wandering around the desert with camels, treating people under trees and shrubs and things in 50-degree heat … You’d have to sleep with a guard with a gun because the...
New book an uplifting account of doctor’s work to improve lives of women in Africa
Dr Andrew Browning (left) and co-author Patrick Kennedy at the Sydney Opera House fund raising launch. Picture: David Oblati READ THE FULL ARTICLE
The Sydney surgeon changing the lives of many
Most Australians have never heard of obstetric fistula. Yet in other places, it is a source of terrible suffering and shame for many thousands of women every year. 2020 Alumni Award winner Dr Andrew Browning AM (MBBS '95) is helping those women reclaim their lives....
Extraordinary Photo Essay of the Afar
Before the COVID emergency, Valerie welcomed US award-winning author and freelance photographer Michael Benanav to the Barbara May Maternity Hospital in Mille, Ethiopia, for three weeks. In addition to his books, Michael writes and/or shoots for The New York Times,...
Podcast: Fear is a Useless Thing, Valerie Browning
As featured on the Centre for Public Christianity, from their Podcast 'Life & Faith': LISTEN HERE
UNFPA cost estimates to end preventable maternal deaths by 2030
Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030 Article: 29 July 2019, United Nations Population Fund READ ARTICLE
Dr Andrew Browning AM, has been announced as the new Chair of the International Federation of Gyneco
We are delighted to announce that our founder and Medical Director, Dr Andrew Browning AM, has been announced as the new Chair of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Committee for Fistula and Genital Trauma. We congratulate Andrew on this...
Dr Andrew Browning Receives Australian Honours
Dr Andrew Browning has been awarded the Member (AM) In the General Division Of The Order Of Australia for significant service to the international community through the provision of obstetric care to women in Africa. The purpose of the Order of Australia is to...
You can listen to the interview with Andrew Browning on ABC Overnight via the following link. The interview provides a great overview of the work Barbara May Foundation does in Africa in partnership with Dr Andrew Browning and Valerie Browning AM.
Our Team Fundraising in Africa
Thank-you to all our supporters of the Mt Kilimanjaro Trek for Maternal Health. In a show of incredible support from you, we raised $60,000 which will go towards our projects in Africa. What an adventure it was! We are hoping to return in 2019 with Dr Andrew Browning...
Barbara May Foundation has been awarded Public Benevolent Institution Status
The BMF has had a change in Charity Status and is now a Registered Public Benevolent Institution (PBI). ABN: 35 141 248 900 Provision for gift deductibility: Item 1 of the table in section 30-15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Please note: Bank Account Details...
Crown Princess Mary makes humanitarian visit to Ethiopia
Afambo, Ethiopia: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was "shaken up" after confronting the harsh reality of female genital mutilation on her humanitarian visit to Ethiopia on Tuesday. The hot, desolate Afar region was a world away from wintery Copenhagen, a city still...
How can you help?
Programs supported wholly or in part by the Barbara May Foundation include:
. The building and operations of the Vision Maternity Care Hospital in Barhir Dar, Ethiopia.
. The operations of the Barbara May Maternity Hospital in Mille, Ethiopia.
. Kivulini Maternity Centre – Maternity Africa, Tanzania. This centre provides obstetric services and an extensive fistula repair program which includes significant outreach programs.
. Midwife Training Programs
. Tertiary education of local medical professionals.