Hamlin Fistula UK is a registered UK charity dedicated to the treatment and prevention of childbirth injuries in Ethiopia.
We are part of the Hamlin family of charities, which was founded by pioneering surgeons Dr Reg Hamlin OBE and Dr Catherine Hamlin AC in Ethiopia.
Catherine and Reg were in Ethiopia to train midwives when they first discovered the overwhelming numbers of women suffering the terrible plight of fistula, and realised that little to nothing was being done to help them.
They established the first Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia in Addis Ababa to help women in need.
We were founded in 1968 when Dr. Catherine Hamlin visited the UK to speak about the devastating impact of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia at Birmingham University. Our founders Harold Burnett and Professor Hugh Maclaren subsequently established Hamlin Fistula UK to raise funds and awareness to support the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.
They have an urgent appeal they need to send over 3,000 blankets to Ethiopia over the next 12 months. For more information please visit their web site. http://hamlinfistulauk.org/knitted-with-love/
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