by Michael Hynds | Dec 8, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
Every day at Kivulini Maternity Centre we have the great joy of discharging healthy mums and their new babies. There are also times when we provide kind, compassionate care to women who have not been looked after at home, or who lose their babies. Jane, a recent...
by Michael Hynds | Dec 3, 2020 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Jenny was born 48 years ago and has three children. She was diagnosed with obstetric fistula after delivering her third child in 2015. She underwent several surgeries elsewhere for her fistula, but was not healed. Because of her condition, Jenny’s husband divorced...
by Michael Hynds | Dec 1, 2020 | News, Story
You can help Maternity Africa make childbirth safe for new mums and their babies in rural Tanzania this Christmas. Your gift will help reduce the chance of birthing injuries, or even death for mother and/or baby. You can also donate via our website. Thank...
by Michael Hynds | Nov 26, 2020 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
This is Rehema. She is 37 years old. She got an obstetric fistula in 2018. She subsequently discovered that she was pregnant. At our recent camp, Dr Andrew operated on Rehema, and she was healed. Rehema was married, but she divorced her husband because he was violent...
by Michael Hynds | Nov 17, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
World Prematurity Day is an occasion to highlight the huge weight of death, incapacity, pain, and suffering that preterm birth causes. Premature birth is an intense medical condition, and is the main source of death in children younger than five years around the...
by Michael Hynds | Nov 13, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
A gift of £40 provides a care package for a mother and her newborn baby Maternity Africa provides care packages for destitute mothers when they leave Kivulini Maternity Centre with their new babies. The packs contain food and baby supplies to support women at a...
