by Michael Hynds | Feb 28, 2024 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Mary (not her real name) is 21 years old. Both her parents died with HIV-related illnesses when she was very young. Mary also has HIV, which she got from her mother. After Mary’s parents died, her grandfather cared for her. But he died in 2021, when Mary was...
by Michael Hynds | Sep 25, 2023 | Kivulini, News, Story
Anna is among the many women who attend Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre in northern Tanzania for maternal health services. She became a widow recently, and is now a mother of three children. Since her husband died, her in-laws made Anna’s life incredibly...
by Michael Hynds | Sep 6, 2023 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Meet Mary. She is 42 years old and comes from Shanyanga, a rural region in Northern Tanzania. In 1999, Mary was in labour for more than 24 hours, and she delivered a dead baby. She also suffered a horrific fistula, because of her long and protracted labour....
by Michael Hynds | Feb 9, 2023 | Kivulini, News, Story
Loveness is a mother of five children. She is pregnant with her sixth child. She lives near Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre in a small village called Duka Bovu. Sadly, her husband was killed recently during a robbery at the house where he worked as a...
by Michael Hynds | Jan 26, 2023 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
During a recent fistula outreach trip, Maternity Africa’s fistula team stopped by to follow up with some former patients. Catherine is one, who was treated and cured. While she was with us at Kivulini Maternity Centre, she demonstrated an eagerness and ability...
by Michael Hynds | Dec 28, 2022 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Ritha is 52 years old. She comes from Kigoma, Northwest Tanzania. At the age of five, Ritha developed polio and used simple, locally-made crutches. Rita never married: men would not accept her because of her crippled condition. At the age of around 14, Ritha...
