Your monthly gift transforms lives
Did you know a monthly gift is the most impactful way you can help find, heal and empower women who are suffering in silence.
Why become a Hamlin Monthly Giver?
Every month you will be helping to find, heal and empower women hiding in pain, shame and isolation.
Right now, an estimated 30,000 Ethiopian women are suffering in silence with the devastating childbirth injury, obstetric fistula. Each year, around 1,000 new cases occur.
These women are often hidden away - out of sight, forgotten and alone. Yet in most cases, this horrific injury can be cured with a simple two-hour surgery.
By becoming a Hamlin Monthly Giver, you’ll join a compassionate community committed to changing the future for these women - giving them back their health, dignity and future.
Help bring them out of the shadows. We urgently need your help to transform their lives today.
A horrific childbirth injury stole Tesfanesh’s life. Someone like YOU gave it back.
Alone in her rural home, Tesfanesh labored for two agonizing days before tragically delivering a stillborn baby. Soon after, she developed one of the worst childbirth injuries imaginable - an obstetric fistula - which left her incontinent.
“Immediately after the stillbirth, I began to experience uncontrollable urine flow. I hoped it would stop over the next few days, but it didn’t. I am still suffering.” - Tesfanesh
After six years of pain, suffering and isolation, a Hamlin Patient Identification Officer found Tesfanesh hidden away at home. He took her to Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital where she was warmly welcomed with the gift of a Comfort Package containing a beautiful Hamlin blanket, hygiene items, a new nightgown and slippers and a lovely homecoming dress. Life-changing surgery restored her health, dignity and confidence.
Your monthly gift helps find and heal more hidden women like Tesfanesh and transform their lives.
Why are Monthly Givers so important?
Joining our community of Monthly Givers is the most impactful way you can help women hidden with childbirth injuries in Ethiopia.
Monthly donations are the most reliable source of income and allow us to plan ahead to deliver the best care and support for women.
For less than the cost of one coffee a day, you can restore a woman’s life through life-changing treatment and loving care after untold suffering from a horrific childbirth injury.
The impact of your monthly gift
Find every woman, hidden with an untreated childbirth injury across Ethiopia and provide them with immediate treatment at a Hamlin hospital and rehabilitative care.
Prevent future childbirth injuries and improve maternal healthcare by establishing Hamlin-supported midwifery clinics across Ethiopia staffed by Hamlin-trained midwives.
Educate communities about the importance of medical care during pregnancy, safe delivery methods and treatment options for women with childbirth injuries.