Why Do We Work in Tanzania?

Access to safe motherhood services is limited in Tanzania, particularly in rural areas. Maternal mortality and debilitating childbirth injuries such as obstetric fistula persist at unacceptably high levels. The Fistula Foundation is supporting two organizations that are greatly respected for their work in expanding fistula treatment in Tanzania's remotest regions.

What You Help Us Do In Tanzania

We're helping fund:

• Fistula surgeries
• Fistula surgery training
• Improved mobilization and care for women and girls living with obstetric fistula

Where:
Our help extends throughout 50 identified villages in Tanzania and the Lake Tanganyika Basin located in the west of the country

How much funding have we granted?
$125,000 in FY2011

Who's our partner?
Women's Dignity and The Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic

How will this help women in Tanzania?
The Lake Tanganyika Basin in the west of the country will have stronger maternal health resources. And women suffering from fistula living in 50 identified villages throughout Tanzania will receive better and more comprehensive care and assistance before and after surgery (identification, referrals, counseling and assistance with re-integration).