by Michael Hynds | Sep 7, 2021 | Story
Neema’s stepfather raped her. She is only 14. She was taken to an orphanage, which took her to Kivulini Maternity Centre, 36 weeks pregnant. Neema does not know her biological father. According to her mother, he disappeared when Neema was very young, and her...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 10, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Story
14 year old Irene was a student at a local secondary school. Her family is very poor and could not pay for her education, so her uncle brought her to Arusha from nearby Kilimanjaro Region for her to study. The man who got Irene pregnant ran off. According to Tanzanian...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 3, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Amina is from Shinyanga in northern Tanzania and is 44 years old. She developed a fistula 22 years ago, caused by prolonged labour and because of a physical deformity that she suffered during a fall. Amina lives in a village where it is very difficult to arrange...
by Michael Hynds | Jul 30, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Maternity Africa is very grateful to Australian Volunteers International. A recent grant from its COVID19 Impact Fund supported Maternity Africa significantly towards the costs of purchasing cleaning agents and disinfectants and the costs of employing some of our...
by Michael Hynds | Jul 2, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Story
Meet Janeth, 42 years old. She is a mother of five, aged 17, 12, 5, and newborn twins. She lives in a single room with her husband and all the children. There is one bed. The children sleep on the floor. Janeth attended Kivulini Maternity Centre for antenatal care....
by Michael Hynds | Jun 25, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Monica, 30, delivered her first baby around five years ago by caesarean section. Three years later, at 40 weeks of her pregnancy, she started labour. However, she could not each a hospital because of transport problems. She remained in labour for more than two days....
