Barefoot for Hamlin
Imagine walking for days, barefoot, through remote Ethiopian landscapes just to receive medical care. For women suffering from an obstetric fistula, this is a reality. Hamlin Fistula NZ invites you to go barefoot and walk in solidarity with these courageous women while fundraising to support their journey to healing.
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Fundraise by walking barefoot to help Ethiopian Women.
The Cause
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia was founded by Drs Reg and Catherine Hamlin. Reg was born in New Zealand and dedicated his life to helping Ethiopian women suffering from an obstetric fistula.
An obstetric fistula is an injury caused by a prolonged and obstructed labour. A hole is created between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum, leaving the woman incontinent. In the majority of cases, the child is delivered stillborn. Suffering incredible loss, then humiliated and ostracised by their communities and families, these woman are left to survive alone.
Hamlin provides surgical intervention and rehabilitation, along with the training and placement of midwives across rural Ethiopia to improve maternity care access.
Over the past 65 years, Hamlin has treated 70,000+ women. Despite this progress, an estimated 31,000 women still suffer from untreated birth injuries, with around 1,000 new cases each year.
Get Inspired
Visit our website to read stories of women whose lives have been transformed. Often these women had undertaken long and arduous journeys across rural Ethiopia to make their way to the Hamlin Fistula hospital in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. For most, this will mean many kilometres of walking, usually barefoot.
Using the resilience shown by these remarkable women as incentive, you and your friends can embark on your own trek to raise funds for fistula patients. You can tailor your challenge to suit, whether it’s a barefoot walk in the park, along a beach, a run in your city, or even a day barefoot at work - every step you take will make a difference.
Your challenge can be taken anytime of year. Sign up today ....
How it works
Pick your challenge
You can tailor your challenge to suit, whether it’s a barefoot walk in the park, along a beach, a run in your city, or even a day barefoot at work - every step you take will make a difference.
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Create your very own personalised fundraising page, or team, to promote your barefoot challenge and invite others to join you, in person, or in support with their donation. Sign-up today
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