Although 5% of women globally will experience an obstructed labour, women who do not have access medical attention, may experience an obstetric fistula.

Hamlin Fistula has been setting the international standard in fistula care in Ethiopia for 63 years. Yet Kiwi care is lagging behind.

2019 marks 60 years since Dr Reg and Dr Catherine Hamlin first arrived in Addis Ababa on a three-year contract to train midwives.

NZ has made a move to focus on Ethiopia. In an effort by NZ to strengthen diplomatic relations with the African Union.

Former Gisborne “country girl” Christina Campbell has raised more than $8000 for midwifery in Ethiopia after completing a 1000km trek on the renowned Camino de Santiago trail in northern Spain.