FIGO Fistula Initiative - "Fistula Pilgrims"
The film Fistula Pilgrims, was written, produced and directed by Nancy Durrell McKenna for FIGO in collaboration with her own organisation, Safehands.
It tells the story of Telanish, a young girl in Ethiopia who was married at 10, pregnant at 11 and gave birth to a stillborn child at 12. As a result of a long and obstructed labour, she has a fistula and is left incontinent, an outcast from her community. There are approximately two million women who suffer from obstetric fistula around the world with more added every day. With training, the complications that cause fistula can be avoided and spare young women like Telanish a lifetime of misery.
To view the video, click here
Should you wish to support FIGO's activities, you can send a cheque preferably in United States Dollars) to the FIGO Secretariat at the address below. Cheques should be made payable to "FIGO".
Residents of the USA who are eligible for tax relief on such donations should make cheques payable to "The FIGO Charitable Foundation", a "501(c) 3 corporation" set established in the USA. All donations to the Charitable Foundation are passed on to FIGO to assist its work.
All donations should be sent to:
FIGO Fistula Fund, FIGO Secretariat, FIGO House, Suite 3, Waterloo Court, 10 Theed Street, London SW1 8ST, United Kingdom.
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