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Catherine Hamlin Foundation International mobilises global support for Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and its work to end devastating childbirth injuries.

Join us in Chasing Zero and help bring a fistula-free Ethiopia within reach. Head office: London UK 🇬🇧

01/10/2026

Prevention is at the heart of Project Zero. From rigorous clinical training at the Hamlin College of Midwives to sustaining support across regional health centres, we are helping to build and strengthen maternal care infrastructure in rural Ethiopia.

By pairing advanced midwife education with ongoing operational support for remote clinics, we deliver essential, life-saving care to the most underserved regions. Because when women have access to nearby, expert care, we can transform childbirth outcomes while accelerating our mission to end obstetric fistula for good.

Join us in Chasing Zero. Learn more about our prevention work at www.catherinehamlininternational.org/obstetric-fistula-prevention

29/09/2026

If you’re new to our page, welcome. 💚

We’re Catherine Hamlin Foundation International, newly established to mobilise global support for Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and help accelerate its mission to end obstetric fistula forever.

Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating, yet preventable, childbirth injuries. Caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without medical care, it leaves women isolated, in pain, and suffering in silence.

The reality remains stark:
💔 In 90% of cases, the baby does not survive.
👩🏾 Around 22,000 women in Ethiopia are living with untreated fistula right now.
⚠️ 1,000 new cases occur every year.

But no woman should suffer from a condition that is both preventable and treatable.

Through Project Zero, our outreach teams are actively finding women living in isolation to bring them free surgical care, holistic rehabilitation, and a fresh start. We're also training midwives and supporting rural clinics to prevent these injuries before they occur.

We are Chasing Zero. Follow our journey and join us in ending obstetric fistula in our lifetime. ❤️

Learn more: www.catherinehamlininternational.org

24/09/2026

For 17 years, Ketinin lived with obstetric fistula — isolated by incontinence, grief and shame, and unaware that free treatment was available. Through Project Zero, she was identified and referred to Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia's Metu Fistula Hospital, where successful surgery ended years of suffering. “The urinary incontinence stopped completely,” Ketinin says.

Today, she has returned home with dignity — going to church, joining community gatherings and telling other women that treatment is possible. Join us in Chasing Zero and help accelerate Project Zero, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s ambitious national program to end obstetric fistula: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

22/09/2026

For Jenny Cole, Trustee of Catherine Hamlin Foundation International, Hamlin’s mission brings together a family connection to medicine and her own global experience in business, governance and partnerships.

“Obstetric fistula is both preventable and treatable. We can end the suffering of a new generation of women in Ethiopia. Chasing Zero is about turning that ambition into action: finding women, restoring dignity, strengthening maternal healthcare and changing lives.”

As a Trustee, Jenny invites others who believe in bold, practical change to help bring Dr Catherine Hamlin’s vision of a fistula-free Ethiopia within reach. Find out more: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

17/09/2026

For more than 10 years, Yali lived with pain from advanced pelvic organ prolapse, a serious childbirth injury. A local clinic was unable to provide the care she needed.

Then a Project Zero team arrived in her community.

Yali was connected to specialist care at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia's Metu Hospital, where she underwent surgery. Today, she is back home and feeling healthy again.

“If it weren’t for this project, I would be suffering,” she says. “I don’t feel any discomfort. I feel completely healthy now.”

Project Zero is finding women living with untreated childbirth injuries and connecting them to life-changing care. Join us in Chasing Zero and help accelerate this ambitious national program: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

15/09/2026

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Workforce statistics database, Ethiopia has just 11 nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people, compared with 34 per 10,000 in the UK. Closing this gap is essential to preventing obstetric fistula.⠀ ⠀

Through Project Zero, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is strengthening rural maternal health services in communities where women are most at risk — supporting Hamlin Midwives, helping upskill local clinic staff, and improving the equipment and infrastructure needed for safer childbirth. Join us in Chasing Zero and help accelerate one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious maternal health goals: ending obstetric fistula. Find out more: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy⠀ ⠀

10/09/2026

Behind Project Zero is Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s expert team on the ground — surgeons, midwives, patient identification officers, rehabilitation staff, community educators, health development workers, volunteers and many others working towards one shared goal: a fistula-free Ethiopia.

Together, they are finding women living with untreated childbirth injuries, connecting them to life-changing care, strengthening rural maternal healthcare services, and helping make safer childbirth possible. When you join us in Chasing Zero, you help accelerate this work and support lasting change for women’s health and dignity. Find out more: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

08/09/2026

For Alison Jefferis, Trustee of Catherine Hamlin Foundation International, Chasing Zero is about ensuring women living with untreated obstetric fistula are no longer hidden in plain sight.

“What inspires me most about Project Zero is that Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is not waiting for women to find help. Hamlin-trained teams are going out, district by district, to find women living with untreated injuries and connect them to life-changing care.”

You can play a part in achieving one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious maternal health goals: ending obstetric fistula.

https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

02/09/2026

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has spent more than 67 years building the experience, trust and infrastructure needed to transform women’s lives.

More than 80,000 women have received transformative care, and what began with one hospital in Addis Ababa has now grown into six specialist hospitals, the Desta Mender rehabilitation and reintegration centre, Hamlin College of Midwives and more than 90 Hamlin-supported midwifery clinics.

This is the foundation for Project Zero — Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s plan to end obstetric fistula in Ethiopia.

Through Chasing Zero, we are calling on philanthropists, foundations and partners to help accelerate one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious maternal health goals: ending obstetric fistula: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

01/09/2026

Project Zero is built on local trust and local leadership.

Across Ethiopia, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s Project Zero leaders recruit and train people for our Health Development Armies. These individuals are from rural communities and speak local languages, understand cultural norms, and know the barriers that can prevent women from seeking care.

That local knowledge is critical. Many women living with obstetric fistula have spent years hidden by shame, stigma or isolation. Reaching them takes people who can listen, build trust and help them understand that treatment is possible.

Through Project Zero, these teams work woreda (district) by woreda to find women living with untreated childbirth injuries, connect them to life-changing care, strengthen rural maternal healthcare and help make safer childbirth possible.

Join us in Chasing Zero and help accelerate the work of this dedicated Ethiopian team.

Learn more: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org/philanthropy

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