Fistula Foundation

Obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury that destroys a woman’s life. It leaves her incontinent and often shunned by her community. Surgery is the only cure. Today, at least one million women in Africa and Asia suffer from untreated fistula. Learn more: fistu.la/whatisfistula

We’re thrilled to share that Nick Kristof appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss the 2024 Kristof Impact Initiative! 🎉 During the interview, Kristof highlighted Fistula Foundation, saying, “I’ve rarely seen somebody as joyous as one of these women or girls when they’ve had that surgery.” When asked about his criteria for selecting organizations for the Kristof Impact Prize, he explained that he focuses on causes with tremendous impact at an affordable cost—and Fistula Foundation delivers. Just $619 provides one woman with life-transforming surgery. Check out our website to watch the full segment and learn more! 🌟 https://bit.ly/3Z7VTpa

Can you imagine leaking urine uncontrollably for 30 years? What would you smell like? How would you carry yourself? Where would you go? Women who suffer from obstetric fistula face discrimination, stigma, and shame. But their lives can be changed forever by a single surgery that costs, on average, $619. For women who have endured so much suffering, it feels like a miracle. We’re grateful to be selected as a Nick Kristof Kristof Impact Initiative prize winner, which celebrates organizations working to make the world a better place. Since 2009, we have delivered more than 100,000 life-transforming surgeries at nearly 200 sites in 35 countries across Africa and Asia. No other organization brings healing to more women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries. We fund more fistula repair surgeries across more countries than any other organization, including the United Nations and the U.S. government. Read about us in The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/3V6YCy2

Fistula Foundation has been chosen as a winner of the 2024 Holiday Impact Prize! The Kristof Impact Initiative by Nick Kristof connects readers who want to help but don’t know how and organizations that need resources but aren’t well-known. If you’re new here, welcome! We’re Fistula Foundation, a female-led nonprofit organization focused on treating women who needlessly suffer from a devastating childbirth injury called obstetric fistula. No other organization brings healing to more women with fistula than we do. Recently, we celebrated a huge milestone: we surpassed 100,000 surgeries provided to women across 35 countries since 2009. Follow along on our journey to build a world that ensures every woman suffering from obstetric fistula receives the compassionate care that she deserves. Read the New York Times article about us here: https://nyti.ms/3V6YCy2

We’re honored to announce that Fistula Foundation has just been chosen by Nick Kristof as a winner of the 2024 Kristof Impact Initiative Holiday Impact Prize! The Kristof Impact prize connects readers who want to help but don’t know how and organizations that need resources but aren’t well-known. Read the article: https://nyti.ms/3V6YCy2

Today, we hit a major milestone. We officially passed the 100,000 mark in the number of surgeries that we’ve provided since 2009! 🎉 Trying to imagine how momentous that is? We could fill the entire Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, with all of the women who’ve received free surgeries. 🌹 This six-figure landmark reinforces the Foundation’s legacy of delivering life-changing transformations to tens of thousands of women who would otherwise still be suffering. 🧡 Thanks to our dedicated partners and compassionate donors, these women have been given a new life and the chance to start anew. 👭🏾

Thank you, Women And Development Against Distress In Africa. WADADIA, for providing our team with a warm welcome last week! It is an honor to collaborate with you in transforming the lives of women who have suffered from fistula.

Happy #DAFDay! 💸 Wondering what a DAF is? A DAF (donor-advised fund) is a tax-advantaged charitable giving account. Gil L'italien has generously donated to Fistula Foundation since 2011. A few years ago, he decided to set up a DAF. This method of giving provides Gil with an efficient way to contribute to organizations he finds impactful, and offers him favorable tax benefits. Here’s what he had to say about us: 🗣️ “When you donate to Fistula Foundation, and divide your contribution by the cost of the procedure, you know precisely how many women you’ve helped.” 🗣️ “This is a charity that makes full use of its donations, because the bulk of expenditures contributes directly to doing good.” 🗣️ “Your contribution will allow women to get surgery and rejoin their communities, so you are also transforming the lives of her family members and future generations.” Learn more on our website about how to recommend a DAF to Fistula Foundation: https://bit.ly/3zHfXWY

We're incredibly grateful to Julia (Ferguson) Yetter for featuring us on her wedding registry! Julia and her husband Chris chose to empower their friends and family to support their favorite charities. In addition to her wedding registry, Julia set up a peer-to-peer fundraiser for Fistula Foundation. Her donation was matched twice, thanks to the generosity of her employer, Goldman Sachs, and a challenge match campaign that was running at the time, amplifying Julia's impact for women in need.

BOMU Hospital, we are so grateful for your commitment to changing the lives of women suffering from fistula!