If I want to mail a check to the Fistula Foundation, where should I send it?

Please download our printable donation form [PDF] and send it along with your check or money order
(made out to "The Fistula Foundation") to:

The Fistula Foundation
1900 The Alameda, Suite 500
San Jose, CA 95126

I don't live in the United States. Will the Fistula Foundation accept my donation?

The Fistula Foundation welcomes donations from all over the world. You can mail your check to us at the address above or donate online. It is cost-effective for us if you send your payment in U.S. dollars, but we can accept virtually any currency. However, please note that donations to the Fistula Foundation are tax-deductible only within the USA.

How will my donation be used to help women with fistula?

Donations to the Fistula Foundation help fund fistula surgery, training of surgeons, building of hospitals and operating rooms dedicated to fistula surgery, "mobile" care clinics and care camps where no hospitals exist in rural regions of the world, empowering doctors in developing countries and outreach and education to let women know where they can get treatment.

More about where we help >>

The Fistula Foundation's goal is to provide life-changing surgery for women suffering from the childbirth injury obstetric fistula in low-income countries throughout Africa and South Asia. We have chosen to focus on the delivery of free surgery to these women, rather than incurring the administrative costs of tracking and following individuals over an extended period of time. To receive treatment, women and their families travel great distances to visit the hospital sites and care centers we help in the form of grant support. Our grant monitoring and evaluation program goes to great lengths to check on the progress of patients following their surgery. The doctors and hospital staff at our grantee sites provide to us regular performance reports annually. And it is through these reports from them that we are able to capture the photos and stories of how your donations have made a difference. We share these stories in as many ways as possible so that you can feel connected to the young girls and women whose lives have been transformed because you care.

Individuals interested in donating their time or skills to forwarding the mission of the Fistula Foundation are encouraged to join our Circle of Friends program. Involve friends and family to help increase awareness of fistula and raise money to treat and prevent fistula.

Our medical supply needs are met either through donations from large medical supply companies or purchases made with donated funds. We are proud of our partnerships with Johnson & Johnson, Direct Relief International, and Kimberly-Clark in the provision of medical supplies.

For a directory of organizations that accept gifts-in-kind, including medical supply donations, visit the Global Hand website. You may also wish to refer to internationally accepted guidelines for donating medical supplies and equipment.