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Maternal Healthcare & Fistula Repair in Africa

03/11/2026

Reliable power matters in a hospital. It’s why we’ve worked this year to ensure our supported hospitals, and our fistula treatment teams, don’t have to worry about power outages.

In Central African Republic you’ve supported the hospital to have 2 generators. In Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, you’ve supported the installation of solar panels. In Tanzania, Kivulini continues to be supported with solar panels. Both new hospital builds – in Uganda and in central Tanzania – will have solar from day one.

Little things we take for granted make a huge difference for our partners in Africa.

Please donate today - visit here: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/her-dignity-fund/

02/11/2026

What comes after a hospital is built? A football field of course!

Local women are transplanting grass and laying seeds, while the doctors are already planning some friendly competition outside of their shifts.

-Kworo Foundation

01/11/2026

This is what fistula prevention looks like…. Another proud mother enjoying newborn snuggles 🥰

Every day, together, we’re enabling vulnerable women to give birth safely, at no cost, and giving babies the best start to life.

Thank you for your faithful giving 🧡
https://barbaramayfoundation.com/her-dignity-fund/

30/10/2026

After fistula surgery and during recovery, life continues.

Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury, but healing is not just physical.

Safe spaces, rest, and community are all part of the journey back to dignity 🧡

Help restore a woman's dignity: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/her-dignity-fund/

23/10/2026

We met Amondi recently in South Sudan, where she was treated for an obstetric fistula.

Amondi was fifteen when she became pregnant. She went into labour at home, far from any maternal health facilities. Sadly, Amondi was one of the thousands of women every day who develop an injury during childbirth that could have been prevented.

Read Amondi’s story on our website: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/stories/amondis-story-ten-hours-from-help/

(Amondi's name has been changed to protect her privacy.)

20/10/2026

When thorn trees dominate the landscape, changing tyres is a well-developed skill for ambulance drivers!

A big shout-out to the talented drivers navigating rough and unpredictable roads to bring women to safety.

Whether they’re dealing with floods, roads blocked by herds, punctured tyres, or even navigating rocky landscapes with no roads, a good driver is invaluable.

17/10/2026

Hope is pictured here with her mother, after surgery at a fistula camp in South Sudan, where the surgical team, despite doing their best, said the extent of Hope’s injuries left little chance of her being cured.

Hope was just a teenager when she experienced a long, traumatic labour trying to give birth. Her recovery took over six months, and even then, she continued to suffer with a fistula - a devastating childbirth injury.

Read Hope's full story: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/stories/hopes-story-obstetric-fistula-treatment/

(Hope's name is changed to protect her privacy.)

15/10/2026

To all the mothers, fathers and families who’ve lost a baby or child, we are thinking of you today 🤍

From Australia to Africa, every baby’s life is precious. We’re working to make sure vulnerable women in East Africa have save access to healthcare during pregnancy and labour, to give every baby the best chance at life.

$280 can cover the cost of a woman to give birth safely at one of our supported hospitals in Africa. Will you contribute to that cost today – to give one mother and baby a safe birth in memory of a lost loved one?

Yes, I’ll support a safe birth today: https://barbaramayfoundation.com/donate/

12/10/2026

After decades of delivering high-risk babies in Sydney, retired specialist Jonathan Morris and his wife Katherine, a sonographer, traded on-call night shifts for volunteer work in remote Tanzania.

Through the Barbara May Foundation, the couple spends months at a time training local midwives and doctors in safe childbirth practices and ultrasound techniques.

For Morris, sharing his lifelong skills overseas has turned retirement into a rewarding second act, offering a fresh perspective on his work and a welcome break from the middle-of-the-night emergency calls.

➡Read the full story here: https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/9365693/why-top-sydney-doctor-jonathan-morris-chose-to-work-in-tanzania/

11/10/2026

From construction, to patients in a busy ward!

What an absolute joy to see this hospital already being a light in the darkness for the women of northern Uganda.

With and Sonic Healthcare Foundation

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