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Hellen

Hellen

In March 2025, Hellen’s life changed forever. After an emergency hysterectomy following complications after the birth of her fifth child, she was left with a devastating childbirth injury — a vesicovaginal fistula.

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Aisha

Aisha

Aisha’s journey began with a challenging search of medical care. When she went into labor, her mother took her to ...
Eunice

Eunice

Eunice was delivering her third child when she developed a devastating fistula. She suffered continuous, uncontrollable incontinence and as a ...
Kemigisha

Kemigisha

For three decades, WFF has empowered women like Kemigisha, a brave 17-year-old from Uganda. Despite facing immense challenges during childbirth ...
Sarah

Sarah

Sarah Omega, the founder and Executive Director of LEFI, shares her journey with fistula and how this childbirth injury changed ...
Basalirwa

Basalirwa

After two successful surgeries for fistulas, Basalirwa worked with Terrewode social workers for social reintegration support. The economic empowerment sessions ...
Agnes A

Agnes A

Agnes was only 14 years old when her parents offered her for marriage. They were very poor and received 100,000 ...
Tsahara

Tsahara

Tsahara was an average teenager living in Niger with her parents and attending school, but at 16 her parents decided ...
Nathalie

Nathalie

In Burkina Faso, 37 year-old Nathalie lived happily near Ouagadougou with her husband and 4 children. Things changed dramatically when ...
Mwajuma

Mwajuma

She’s a proud mom, a trained Safe Motherhood advocate, and an obstetric fistula survivor. Mwajuma beams with confidence now, but ...
Agnes

Agnes

Agnes suffered from a prolonged labor and her baby did not survive. During pregnancy, she developed a slight tear. Although ...