Although all of Namu’s family members warned her not to travel to Danja to see the Western doctors, the misery of her obstetric fistula outweighed the discontent of her family. She first came to get screened by the Worldwide Fistula Fund’s team during their August, 2010 surgical trip. During that appointment, she was treated medically for the first time in her life and heard first-hand accounts from women who had previously been treated.
While the WFF doctors couldn’t fit her in the schedule until our March, 2011 trip, her experience at the fistula hospital the first time assured her that the team had her best interests at heart. When she arrived on the hospital grounds, she was greeted by the same nurses who saw her in August. Namu received successful surgical treatment from the WFF’s medical team. She told us that she now has an aspiration of becoming a fistula nurse.
