Our Blog
Here you'll find our stories, thoughts and successes since we began in 2011. Enjoy.
We'd like to introduce you to Mekibe Balicha (with her husband), a 45 year old motherwho has had pelvic pain for 11 years and a fourth degree uterine prolapse for 1 year. This will be the 71st patient who's surgery was sponsored by MWAHFE. Thank you for making a difference in this family's life!
The project with the Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia has just completed its first year. It has already had a life-altering impact on women in Ethiopia. Working with Dr. Mark Karnes and his obstetrics team, over 70 women have received surgeries to correct their prolapsed uterus. Finances often prevent this surgery for many women. However, this surgery funded by MWAHFE in partnership with the hospital allows the women to have their dignity restored while also giving them the ability to return to their regular lives without pain. This is truly a miracle for these women and MWAHFE is proud to be a part of it.
This is the OB team at the Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia. Dr. Mark Karnes is in the picture with his wife Allison, our partner in the WRAPS project.
Workinesh Worku is 50 years old. She has been pregnant 8 times and has 5 living children. She has been suffering for a year with a second degree prolapse, cystocoele and rectocoele. Workinesh underwent her surgery today! She is the 70th woman who has received a surgery sponsored by Mothers With a Heart For Ethiopia since March 2015. Thank you to our generous donors - you truly are changing lives!
Mothers With A Heart For Ethiopia sponsors a wonderful program that provides surgeries for women who suffer with UVP, utero-vaginal prolapse. This is a relatively simple condition to treat with surgery but the approx. $350 cost is beyond the means of so many women in Ethiopia. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, MWAHFE is able to sponsor these surgeries and change the lives of these beautiful women. We'd like you to meet them! Our Facebook page has a wonderful album of surgical success stories. You can find it (and like it and share it!) here.
We'd like you to meet Adanech Desta. She has been suffering for four years with a large cystocoele and second degree UVP (utero-vaginal prolapse). She is a married mother of four living children and has been pregnant nine times. Today she is receiving her surgery to correct these issues thanks to Mother With A Heart For Ethiopia!
This is Matuke Meskele. She has been pregnant eight times and has seven living children. Matuke has been suffeing with a third degree UVP for three years but today she is having her surgery. We're so happy for you, Matuke!
Thank you to our generous donors who are helping us change the lives of women in Ethiopia.