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  • Nikiema tried suicide. Will you help?

    The shame and pain of the fistula Nikiema developed during childbirth drove her to attempt to kill herself 3 times. She found hope and healing through our partners in Burkina Faso. Will you help women like Nikiema get treatment?

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  • DOUBLE Your Impact!

    Your gift can do double the good thanks to two generous anonymous families who are matching up to $66,000 in gifts made by December 15.

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  • 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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  • Developing Local Leaders

    WFF believes that solving world problems like obstetric fistula, which devastates more than one million women worldwide, means finding and developing local leaders like Dr. Itengré Ouédraogo in Burkina Faso, Sarah Omega in Kenya, and Alice Emasu in Uganda.

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3484

Surgeries across five countries

1490

Empowered across five countries

823

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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78% Programs 12% 10%

Where Your Dollars Go

$686,492

Programs (78%)

$105,945

Administration (12%)

$89,540

Fundraising (10%)

(2016 Summary)

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