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The Fistula Foundation
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March 9, 2013
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The article I read on fistula broke my heart and I saw I could help by donating monthly to give one woman the surgery she needs. I am working poor with a teenage daughter, but we have enough to get by each month. I have known what abuse and poverty feels like. I wanted to help, because even at my income level, I can. It feels very good to know that so little a month helps so much. I only wish I could meet the lady I funded so I could hug her, tell her that she is beautiful, and wish her all the best with her new-found confidence!
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November 22, 2012
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My husband shared Nick Kristol's New York Times article about the Fistula Foundation with me some years ago, and we have been enthusiastic supporters ever since. It's a hard subject to learn about, but nothing compared to what living it must be. It makes me HAPPY to be able to help!
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November 8, 2012
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I first heard about The Fistula Foundation in 2010 at a conference where I was working as an interpreter. A representative of the Foundation showed a video and explained the causes and the truly devastating effects that obstetric fistulas have on women’s (often young girls) lives – condemning them to an existence as outcasts of society, away from their families and friends. And yet these fistulas can be cured by a fairly simple operation, restoring to the woman the possibility of leading a normal life – giving them their life back. A lot could and needs to be done to avoid such fistulas in the first place, but given the prevalence of this terrible condition in many parts of the world, the Fistula Foundation is a lifeline for tens of thousands of women. I have been a passionate supporter of The Fistula Foundation ever since that conference back in 2010 and would like to invite anyone who reads these lines to go to the Foundation’s excellent website to find out more.
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November 7, 2012
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I love donating to such a worthy cause. To be part of helping a beautiful human being get her life and power back is a wonderful privilege. Such a small amount of money to us can mean all the world to a woman who has lost absolutely everything due to a treatable condition. I definitely recommend the Fistula Foundation. They really seem a no frills charity which means more money spent directly helping these marginalised women.
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June 18, 2012
I've donated the The Fistula Foundation a few times now and the process has always been very smooth. Their website is informative, very easy to use and quite helpful in guiding the donor through the donating process. Not only is this a great cause, but I really respect the transparency the foundation provides so I can be sure that my donation is going directly to women in need. I gifted my mother-in-law with a donation last year and they even mailed her a card to let her know I made a donation in her name. Kudos, Fistula Foundation!
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June 11, 2012
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I have just returned from Tanzania, Africa. Sharon Howe from the Fistula Foundation put me in touch with the CEO of the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCRBT). I visited the facility in Dar es Salaam, and I donated $5000 to fund 15 operations for women with a Fistula problem. Without Sharon's help, I would not have been aware of this facility, nor would I have donated to this cause. Sharon and The Fistula Foundation are to be commended for helping me find those in need in Tanzania.
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June 6, 2012
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I am a donor to the Fistula Foundation because its mission is to help women who have been ravaged by rape, forced marriages or preteen marriages which result in outrage to their bodies by men who don't care. Women are chattel and Fistula Foundation returns these seriously injured women to sustainable, valuable and valued positions in a society which had shunned them or killed them.
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December 17, 2011
Hello! I highly recommend The Fistula Foundation as a magnificent and meaningful charity. I've been a donor since 2008 since I saw the foundation on Oprah. The mission of the foundation is so important and compelling. I learned that about 2 million women/girls in Africa are suffering from obstetric fistulas--which happens when a woman/girl is in labor for so long (no OB/GYNs, few hospitals, little transportation), that the pressure results in death of body tissue, resulting in incontinence and a life of social isolation. Horrible. I learned that $37.00 a month pays for surgery for one person a year. (Of course, any amount helps). They also provide scholastic education and counseling during the healing process! I love knowing that one girl a year has a chance at a better life due to my contributions to this wonderful cause. 4 girls so far for me! Go for it! Join in! :)
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December 14, 2011
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I first discovered obstetric fistula and the Fistula Foundation in a 2003 editorial in the New York Times by Nick Kristoff, and then in early 2004, I saw an Oprah feature on Dr. Catherine Hamlin. Both left tears rolling down my face. I was so horrifed by obstetric fistula and so touched by the work to rebuild these women's lives that I swore that as soon as I paid off my credit cards, I would start making a regular monthly contribution, which I began in 2005. So I have been donating for 6 years now and I just recently increased my donation by $10 a month. The Fistula Foundation is my top charitable commitment. I believe very much in the important work it does to rebuild women's lives after devastating injury, and I also feel very good about the four-star rating of the Fistula Foundation (and the lack of mail I receive in contrast to other charities -- just a few newsletters a year and a Christmas card) because I know my money is really and truly going to help women who so desperately need it. Since I gave birth myself in 2009, I have felt even more committed to the Fistula Foundation and more compassionate towards the women affected by obstetric fistula. I look at my joyful experience, and then I think of young women who labor for a week, lose their beloved children, and then suffer a devastating injury that leaves them social outcasts, and I feel it is my responsibility to help them. I am grateful that the Fistula Foundation makes it possible for me to do so.
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November 21, 2011
I've been a donor since 2008 when I saw a documentary about the devastation to women's lives obstetric fistula causes. I decided right then that if I could prevent this tragedy from happening to just one woman I would have succeeded in relieving the suffering it inflicts on not just her but her whole world. I am honored to be a part of the Fistula Foundation and I tell everyone I can about the good they do everyday.
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