Because of you, a new life for Abebech
December 15, 2025
After a full year of treatment at the Hamlin Addis Ababa Hospital, Abebech is finally cured.
With no access to maternal healthcare, Abebech endured eleven days of excruciating labor before delivering a stillborn baby. She sustained a double fistula, leaving her incontinent of urine and feces.
Abebech spent 15 years hiding in shame and isolation. She recalls: “The shame was overwhelming. I asked my family to let me die rather than endure such a harsh existence. I spent years suffering in silence.”
After a full year of treatment and rehabilitation at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, Abebech was finally healed and is so grateful to kind supporters like you.
The transformation was profound. I felt a sense of liberation and I could finally look forward to the future with hope and joy.
- Abebech
Abebech says: "I am a new person. Please continue helping women like me. Your kindness truly saves lives."
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia provides world-class obstetric fistula treatment to restore the health and dignity of women who have survived this horrendous, preventable childbirth injury.
Join us in giving women like Abebech hope for the future.
Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Elders past, present and emerging throughout Australia and the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land and waterways on which our Australian office is situated. We acknowledge the many ethnic groups in Ethiopia and their ancestral and cultural connection to the land where our work is undertaken.