Mobilizing Hope: Training Community Champions to Find and Support Women Living with Fistula

Every woman deserves access to safe, respectful, and dignified healthcare, regardless of where she lives.

At Raise Foundation, we are committed to ensuring that no woman suffering from obstetric fistula is left behind.

That’s why we recently concluded a 3-day intensive training for community mobilizers, equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and compassion needed to identify and refer women living with obstetric fistula, both within and outside Niger State.

These community champions are now better prepared to reach remote villages, listen to hidden stories, and walk alongside women on their journey to healing. For many, they are the first bridge to hope.

A Clear Mission: Find, Refer, Restore

Obstetric fistula remains one of the most devastating consequences of obstructed childbirth, but it is treatable. Through increased awareness, early identification, and timely medical intervention, we can restore dignity to women who have silently suffered for years.

This training is part of a broader strategy to scale our impact by decentralizing the detection and referral process, ensuring every woman, no matter how isolated, can find her way to the care she needs.

The Power of Partnership

Thanks to the unwavering support of Fistula_Foundation, we are not just talking about change — we’re delivering it.

• In 2024, we successfully facilitated 200 free fistula repair surgeries.
• This year, we’re on track to support another 200 women through the Dr. Amina Bello Women Health Center in Kontagora, a place where healing meets hope every day.

These numbers represent more than medical procedures. They are 200 women reclaiming their dignity, restoring their confidence, and rebuilding their lives.

Looking Ahead: No Woman Left Behind

As we strengthen our grassroots network of mobilizers, our commitment deepens:
To reach more women, to amplify their voices, and to ensure that every woman suffering from fistula knows where to go, and that she’ll be received with open arms.

Let us continue to walk together, community by community, woman by woman, until obstetric fistula is no longer a silent sentence in our society.

Because every woman deserves a life of dignity, health, and hope.