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Lizata
After two years of pain and isolation, Lizata found both physical and psychological healing through life-changing services at ARENA Medical ...
Maimouna
In regions torn by conflict and instability, access to maternal healthcare becomes a distant hope. For women like Maimouna, a ...
Agnes
Agnes suffered from a prolonged labor and her baby did not survive. During pregnancy, she developed a slight tear. Although ...
Zuena
Meet Zuena, a student leader in Kenya whose advocacy is transforming her school and village. Through the Young Champions Fistula ...
Agnes A
Agnes was only 14 years old when her parents offered her for marriage. They were very poor and received 100,000 ...
Eunice
Eunice was delivering her third child when she developed a devastating fistula. She suffered continuous, uncontrollable incontinence and as a ...
Basalirwa
After two successful surgeries for fistulas, Basalirwa worked with Terrewode social workers for social reintegration support. The economic empowerment sessions ...
Aisha
Aisha’s journey began with a challenging search of medical care. When she went into labor, her mother took her to ...
Vicky
In the Kasese district of Uganda and at the tender age of 14, Vicky became pregnant by her then 20 ...
Habibou
Habibou developed a fistula while laboring in Bobo-Dioulasso (Bobo), Burkina Faso. She lost her baby. For five long months, she ...
Kemigisha
For three decades, WFF has empowered women like Kemigisha, a brave 17-year-old from Uganda. Despite facing immense challenges during childbirth ...
Nathalie
In Burkina Faso, 37 year-old Nathalie lived happily near Ouagadougou with her husband and 4 children. Things changed dramatically when ...
Epiphanie
Epiphanie eagerly anticipated motherhood. However, her joy turned to sorrow when her baby was stillborn. Complications left her with incontinence, ...
Doris
Doris faced challenges after developing a fistula during the birth of her first child. For two decades, she endured a ...
Florence
Her baby was stillborn. Three days after the surgery she began leaking urine. Florence had developed a fistula and was ...
Tsahara
Tsahara was an average teenager living in Niger with her parents and attending school, but at 16 her parents decided ...
Mwajuma
She’s a proud mom, a trained Safe Motherhood advocate, and an obstetric fistula survivor. Mwajuma beams with confidence now, but ...
Sarah
Sarah Omega, the founder and Executive Director of LEFI, shares her journey with fistula and how this childbirth injury changed ...






















