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Personal Stories
Meet Mpejiwa, an 80- year-old fistula survivor.
Obstetric fistula is a devastating maternal injury caused by a tear between the birth canal, bladder, and/or rectum due to prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment.
Mpejiwa, an 80-year-old resident of Mahaha Village in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, lived with fistula for 35 years. After difficult labor pains in 1988, she went to a local dispensary where they detected n
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Nassor Said Abdallah: Methadone saved my life after becoming a drug addict
Nassor Said Abdallah, 41, formerly a drug addict, is one of the peer educators and a beneficiary of Amref’s Afya Kamilifu project on HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, being implemented in Zanzibar since 2019. He is currently attached to Kidongo Chekundu Hospital. Kidongo Chekundu is the only MAT hospital in Zanzibar.
“My MAT number is 82 among 1,357 people who are now living without using methadone,” says Nassor, commonly known as Kolo, before emphasizing: “Many people know me by the name of Kolo.” MAT
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Amref’s Afya Kamilifu Project partners with religious leaders to tackle HIV/AIDS
Pastor Shukuru Steven Maloda, 52, a leading pastor of the KKKT Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) for the entire diocese of the East Coast community in Zanzibar believes that through well-crafted religious messages, the war on HIV and AIDS can be won easily. It is for this reason that he has teamed up with Amref, through its flagship project, Afya Kamilifu.
A pastor of Mwanakerekwe, and the leader of Zanzibar missionary, Pastor Shukuru first came to know about Afya Kamilifu in 2020. “We were infor
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Barkary: “We’re now aware of the menstrual hygiene”
Barkary Mohamed is a Form Two student at Chongoleani Secondary school in Tanga.
He is one among the boys in Chongoleani secondary school educated about menstrual hygiene. This has since changed his outlook, regarding menstrual periods for girls.
“Many of the boys in my school are now aware of the menstrual hygiene. This has made girls stop fearing when they are in their menstrual circles,” he says. According to Barkary, with the provision of sanitary pads to th
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Fatma Rashid: “Menstruation is not a disease”
Fatma Rashid is in Standard Seven at Kisosoro Primary School in Tanga. She is one of the beneficiaries of the sanitary pads through the Timiza Malengo project, supported by the Global Fund programme. “Prior to receiving the sanitary pad, my mother could not afford to buy me monthly sanitary pads, hence I used the normal ways of containing the situation which is not safe and comfortable,” she says.
Now with the reusable sanitary pads, my mother doesn’t have to incur any costs prior to before. When yo
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Catherine Tarimo: “Sanitary Pads have led to better academic performance”
Catherine Tarimo is a Health teacher at Kisosoro Primary School in Tanga. She delves into how the distribution of sanitary pads has reduced school absenteeism and increased academic performance among girls.
“I would like to thank Amref, through the Global Fund project, for supporting our school since last year with the sanitary pads to those students under TASAF and those coming from vulnerable environments and those with special needs,” she says.
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Personal Stories, Uncategorised
I am proud to see a smile on Leah’s face
Words and Photos by Edina Kalikali, a fistula ambassador, living in Magu District, Mwanza Region.
Leah Philipo takes care of her five goats which help her generate some income her Image by Edina Kalikali, a fistula ambassador, Amref Health Read More Personal Stories, UncategorisedThe difficult path to recovery for Esta Laurent
Photo and story by fistula ambassador Edina Kalikali from Magu District, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Esta Laurent [pictured right, in grey, above, in the shop she runs] is 32 years old and a mother of 4 c
Read MorePersonal StoriesGaudensia’s story
Jumannee Charles, an Ambassador for Fistula, residing in Magu District, Mahala village in Mwanza region, Narrates.
Gaudensia’s journey with fistula
Gaudensia John got fistula in 2018. It was at this time that she started to experience some labor pain during her third pregnancy. She was rushed to Kisesa Health Facil
Read MorePersonal StoriesAneles Lubagumya: We used to conduct one Caesarean section per day but now we are able to conduct more C-sections in a day without any worries.
Before; Mwandoya Hospital Theatre. Image by Adrian Mgaya, Amref Health Africa, Tanzania Aneles Lubagumya, 43, has been a nurse at Mwandoya Hospital in Meat
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