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 is a mother of five and an entrepreneur from Mahaha village, Magu District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. She lived with fistula for over ten years. How Leah’s ordeal began with fistula This all began in 1999 when Leah was […]
The 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 children. Esta is a fistula survivor, she contracted fistula in August of 2020 during her 5th pregnancy, at this time Esta explains how […]
“LIVING 60 YEARS WITH OBSTETRIC FISTULA, I’M NOW OK”.
There are so many myths around fistula in our communities. Normally, women who are diagnosed with this problem face stigma and some endure shame and pain for the rest of their lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, worldwide, up to two million women may be living with fistula. However, the stigma that surrounds the condition causes many cases to go undiagnosed and therefore untreated, sometimes for years […]