Our vision is for all women in Africa to have access to healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth and to eradicate obstetric fistula.

Joined April 2013
Bank of Africa (Madagascar) is one of the valued partners supporting the work of Freedom From Fistula Madagascar. Their contribution includes donating sanitary products for patients who need them during their stay at our care centre. #recoveryispossible #endfistula
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Access to family planning means women can make informed decisions about whether & when to have children, space pregnancies & better protect their health. An important part of comprehensive women’s healthcare & of preventing maternal injuries. #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealth
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Yesterday our teams took to Moyamba, Bonthe and Bo districts to raise awareness of obstetric fistula and the free treatment available at our @AbWomensCentre Fistula is preventable💙Fistula can be treated 💙 #wefixfistula #endfistula #aberdeenwomenscentre #sierraleone
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Community awareness plays a vital role in both preventing obstetric fistula and ensuring women affected by the condition receive the care they need. @AbWomensCentre #EndFistula #FistulaAwareness #AberdeenWomensCentre #FreedomFromFistula #16DaysOfFistulaAwareness #SierraLeone
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One of our most important messages is simple: fistula is treatable & no woman should suffer in silence. Women experiencing continuous urine leakage following childbirth can access free treatment & support at @AbWomensCentre #16DaysOfFistulaAwareness #SierraLeone
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Yesterday @AbWomensCentre launched a 16-Day Obstetric Fistula Awareness Road Show, bringing together Ministry of Health, community leaders, police, nurses, health workers, media & partners committed to contributing to the fight against fistula 💙💗 #EndFistula #SierraLeone
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Our Skills Training Centre girls enjoyed sitting in the sunshine during their hairdressing class last week. Another potential opportunity for employment, income generation and the chance to provide for their young families. #sierraleone @AbWomensCentre
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This week our Skills Training Centre girls have been learning tailoring. These useful life skills means they can make & repair their own clothes, but also provides the opportunity to set up a small business, lift themselves out of poverty & provide for their young family. 🇸🇱🧵🪡
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Say hello to our young mothers at our Skills Training Centre in Sierra Leone. Here they are at art & craft class. The skills learned will help these young girls lift themselves out of poverty, help find employment & improve their families opportunity to access education & health.
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In 2025, 1,231 fistula patients received life-changing surgery and rehabilitation through Freedom From Fistula. Surgery can mean freedom from incontinence, pain & the isolation that so often accompanies the condition.  There is #LifeAfterFistula #endfistula #freedomfromfistula
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Our patients enjoyed an arts and crafts session at our Fistula Care Centre in Malawi last week 🪡🧵 It must be said, they did remarkably better than this social media fairy, who once managed to sew herself to the ironing board. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂 Questions will not be taken at this time.
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Our amazing, resilient fistula patients have returned home, but first we celebrated their recovery with our Taoloka Ceremony. #malawi #taoloka #lifeafterfistula
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Learning to grow their own food forms part of our patient rehabilitation program at the Fistula Care Centre in Malawi. The new skills learned will help fistula patients not only feed themselves & their families, but they can sell the surplus and increase their household income 🌱
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Good morning from the Fistula Care Centre in Malawi. Another busy week caring for our fistula patients. #malawi #endfistula #womenshealthmatters
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Our team at the fistula care centre in Malawi have been training the latest cohort of student nurses. Sharing best practice and increasing capacity in country is vital, ensuring women and girls receive the very best care.
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Perline is the Operating Theatre Charge Nurse at the Fistula Care Centre in Toamasina. During special occasions she is rarely seen without her sparkling pareo & the traditional “satroky an-dragnon-dreny”, meaning “the hat of the maternal home”. #meettheteam
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Sometimes the biggest impact comes from preventing illness before it begins. Prevention is an essential part of building healthier communities for the future. #FreedomFromFistula #Immunisation #ChildrensHealth #GlobalHealth #Healthcare
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Meet Soavelo, a valued member of the Ward assistant team at the Fistula Care Center in Toamasina. Originally from the Alaotra Mangoro region, she brings warmth and positivity wherever she goes, much like the beautiful floral dress she is wearing. #meettheteam
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We are incredibly proud of our hard working staff. Here are just a few of our healthcare heroes at the fistula care centre in Malawi 🙌
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