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  • Hospital Construction Finishes!

    New hospital means holistic care for more survivors!
    “This hospital will be more than just a hospital. For many, it will be the first place they’ve felt at home since they were injured.” — WFF Executive Director Soja Orlowski

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  • “Stitching” a new life

    Irego was 15 when she was raped, became pregnant and developed an obstetric fistula that forced her to hide from her own family. Read how your generosity provided Irego with a life-changing surgery and a life-changing opportunity.

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  • Investing in Complete Care

    In order to fully recover, women and girls with childbirth injuries often need specialized physical therapy services, which are difficult to find in the developing world. WFF has been sending experts in physical therapy to Mekelle University to train students since 2016. This program is creating ripples of change across the entire university, as one PT instructor puts it.

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  • Learn About Our Services

    Women and girls receive life-changing fistula surgery and are empowered to begin new lives through vocational training. Childbirth is safer through expert OB-GYN and Health Advocacy training.

  • How You Can Prevent Injuries

    Your gift today not only treats women and girls suffering the stigma, pain and isolation of obstetric fistula and other childbirth injuries. Learn how your gift can invest in preventing these injuries from plaguing future generations!

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Surgeries across five countries

1617

Empowered across five countries

950

Doctors & Advocates Trained across five countries

Where We Work

Niger

Danja Fistula Center

Burkina Faso

Ethiopia

Medical Education Collaboration
Urogynecology Fellowship

Kenya

Uganda

Empowerment Center, Soroti
Hospital Network, National
Advocacy Training, National

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Where Your Dollars Go

$746,325

Programs (78%)

$114,714

Administration (12%)

$96,039

Fundraising (10%)

(2017 Summary)

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