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Torn and Stitched

We Are Still Providing Vital Services to Women.

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Childbirth injuries like obstetric fistula and pelvic organ prolapse destroy women’s bodies.
Ridicule, isolation and worsening poverty often add to their misery. Join us today to restore their health and dignity.

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Torn and Stitched

After giving birth to her baby boy, Savannah was torn a little further than expected. Her midwife told her she had developed a fistula and used stitches to slow the leaking. Savannah visited a local urogynecologist but had to wait over two months for surgery. It only took a few weeks into post op for the leaking to return. Hopeless and exhausted, she joined a support group and found help through WFF Board Member, Dr. Richter. Savannah is now healed and uses embroidery to spread awareness and support her fistula sisters around the world.

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Our Services

WFF’s Work Continues

Your gift enables our partners to provide vital services: distressed labor transport, 24-hour hotline support to women living with fistula and survivors struggling to maintain their businesses. We anticipate long wait lists of women needing life-changing surgeries, post-treatment vocational training, and social reintegration when we resume full services. Your donation will help continue to serve women and prevent childbirth injuries.

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Heal Women like Fadima

Fadima was married by 15 and pregnant two years later. After three days of labor at home, she was transferred to a small health center nearby. Fadima lost a lot of blood and became very weak. Her baby didn’t survive and the next day she became leaking urine uncontrollably. With her brother, she traveled over 500 miles throughout Burkina Faso in search of healing.

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Latest News

Spring Events: Postponed

After monitoring the ongoing coronavirus health crisis, we have decided to postpone all spring events. We are working to reschedule them for Fall 2020 and will keep you updated as things are finalized. Thank you for your patience!

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Creating Advocates

Community efforts grow awareness

Many suffering women live in remote villages of poor countries and are often unaware that their condition is both preventable and treatable. We work with volunteers to spread the news of treatment.

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Our Programs

Prevention begins with care providers

By building up local medical capacity to prevent and treat these injuries, they will become a problem of the past.

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Holistic Care

Healing Goes Beyond Surgery

We invest in survivors with educational and vocational skills training to help them earn an income after they leave us.

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We work in 5 countries where a woman’s risk of injury in childbirth is very high.

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The WFF has made it possible for many fistula sufferers to receive free and safe surgery and recovery.

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100% of our funding
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Worldwide Fistula Fund is the oldest charity supporting women and girls with childbirth injuries in the United States. We are lead by a team of seasoned doctors, business experts and nonprofit professionals. Learn more about our history and team.

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