Who we support

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Please read about the wonderful Foundations that support better birthing conditions for women in Africa. Ten percent of all fees for counselling services go to support these two organisations. 

The Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation are dedicated to restoring the health and dignity of women who have survived the horrendous, and preventable, childbirth injury: obstetric fistula. Founded over 60 years ago by pioneering Australian surgeons Drs Catherine and Reg Hamlin, their extraordinary journey started with an initial three-year posting to Ethiopia. Today, it reflects a lifetime quest to provide world best treatment to the most marginalised women: those who have suffered an obstetric fistula, an internal injury caused by a prolonged, unrelieved obstructed labour, which leaves them incontinent, humiliated and cut off from their communities.

The Aminata Maternal Foundation works with the Freedom From Fistula Foundation and the Aberdeen Women’s Centre in Freetown, to tackle maternal mortality by providing safe births for approximately 3000 women a year, including pre and post-natal care and education. They strengthen the infrastructure of the maternal healthcare system in Sierra Leone through a midwifery training programme. Training the next generation of midwives is imperative as they work towards a system that actively promotes maternal health and wellbeing. Working with the youngest mothers, they help teenagers learn to care for their babies and have a path back to education or a job.