Pottery training at our rehabilitation centre Desta Mender. Here, patients live close to the hospital whilst gaining independence and learning new skills for when they return to village life. 📸 Maheder Haileselassie

Sister Tirgalem organises blankets knitted and donated by our wonderful supporters. If you're a knitter (or you know someone who is) you can get involved! Visit our website to learn more 🧶🧶🧶

Congrations to Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa who won yesterday's  London Marathon with a world record time! Tigst ran the race wearing a Tirop’s Angels top. Tirop's Angels is a charity set up in memory of the Kenyan athlete Agnes Tirop who was killed by her husband. Tirop's Angels is

🎊👟Congratulations to the amazing Toby who ran in Sunday's London Marathon in support of Hamlin Fistula. Thanks to Toby and all who supported him. We are so grateful ✨ And there's still time to donate. Your gift could help to change the life of a woman in Ethiopia.

This group of women are at Yirgalem Fistula Hospital. 💛💛This hospital is funded entirely by our generous UK supporters. You'll see the women are wrapped in the vibrant blankets. These blankets have been knitted by our kind-hearted UK volunteers. The women in the photo are

⭐Join Hamlin’s amazing team of volunteer knitters and knit a blanket for a woman in Ethiopia Every woman with childbirth injuries we care for and treat at our hospitals receives a handmade blanket upon arrival. 💙These beautiful items symbolise the love and care the women

Thanks to our wonderful supporter Linda whose letter recently appeared in Saga Magazine. Just as Linda says - we need knitters! Could that be you? Do you know anyone who likes knitting? Everyone woman who we care for at one of our hospitals in Ethiopia is given a colourful

In Ethiopia, an extension to the Hamlin College of Midwives continues. It’s a major step towards ending preventable childbirth injuries. Since 2007, 270+ Hamlin midwives have gone on to serve rural communities, often as the only qualified professional for miles around.

Every woman treated at a Hamlin hospital in Ethiopia receives a Comfort Pack when she arrives – including one of these blankets. Thank you for your love, care and stitches. 💜  #KnittingForHamlin #ThankYou #BlanketCollection

🏃 Join Team Hamlin for the London Marathon 2026. Raise funds. Run with purpose. Help end preventable childbirth injuries in Ethiopia. Apply now: hamlinfistulauk.org/how-to-help/jo…  #TeamHamlin #LondonMarathon2026 #HamlinFistulaUK

Over 800 handmade blankets just arrived at the Hamlin office, each one a message of love and care for women healing from childbirth injuries. Thank you to our amazing knitters and to Sense TouchBase Pears for helping with all 51 boxes! 🧶 Next collection: 20–24 October

After 3 days in labour, Debritu lost her baby and suffered a devastating childbirth injury. Years later, she found healing at a Hamlin hospital.  Today, she is cured. She gave birth safely. “It feels like a miracle.”  💜 Read her story: hamlinfistulauk.org/debritu  #HamlinFistulaUK

📍 Project Zero is growing. Hamlin-trained teams are going door to door to find women living with obstetric fistula and connect them with free treatment. ✅ 56,000+ households visited ✅ 302 women identified ✅ 4 districts reached ✅ 6 more coming soon Learn more:

Tirunesh laboured for 6 days. Her baby was stillborn. She was left incontinent and isolated. She lived like this for a year before she received free surgery at Hamlin’s Yirgalem Fistula Hospital. A few hours changed her life. Find out more on our website. hamlinfistulauk.org/what-we-do/abo…

A midwife can be the difference between life and death. Hamlin-trained midwives work in rural Ethiopia, helping prevent childbirth injuries before they happen. This is how we break the cycle—with care, compassion and skilled hands. 💙 Learn more on our website:

In February, we shared how USAID cuts left many expectant mothers in Ethiopia without food or care. Your response raised over £15,000. That support is now helping more women stay safe during pregnancy. 💙 Read more: hamlinfistulauk.org/global-funding…

40 years on from the first Band Aid concert, their legacy continues. For the past six years, Band Aid has helped treat women with childbirth injuries in Ethiopia. Now they are helping feed more than 550 expectant mothers, making childbirth safer.  📸 Maheder Haileselassie

Sister Emebet walks up to 25km to reach the most remote women in Ethiopia. As a Hamlin-trained Senior Midwife Mentor, she’s helping prevent childbirth injuries and save lives. In her area, there are no new cases of obstetric fistula. We need to train more midwives like Emebet.

🏃‍♂️ One coveted place. One iconic race. One life-changing cause. ✨ Join #TeamHamlin at the 2026 TCS London Marathon and run for maternal health in Ethiopia. Apply ➡️ hamlinfistulauk.org/marathon #LondonMarathon

When Reg and Catherine Hamlin first arrived in Ethiopia, there were no ambulances to transport patients. Reg Hamlin would drive his own car around Addis Ababa to find women suffering from obstetric fistula who didn't know treatment was available. Today, Patient Identification