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First National Conference on the Role of the Church in the Prevention of Obstetric Fistula Held on the 27th of March 2025
Opening of the First National Conference on Obstetric Fistula Prayer(Secretary of State Dr Inocêncio, Seretary General of CICA Rev....
Mary Chimbili
Mar 314 min read
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Happy New Year from Our Family to Yours
Votoka has ended 2024 on a high, filled with love and hope for the future, and a renewed dedication to the prevention of obstetric...
Mary Chimbili
Jan 42 min read
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our Community Development Program!
The team from the Community Development program have spent the last 2 months organising: eight ParkRun events at Kulele one donation of...
Mary Chimbili
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Outgoing October!
Nganja Park - The inaugural "Fyote Pathways" event, organised by 10Padronizada Community Library in Luanda, was celebrated in Bailundo...
Mary Chimbili
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Sunny September
Despite September normally heralding the beginning of the wet season in Bailundo, it only rained twice during this month. This did mean...
Mary Chimbili
Oct 13, 20242 min read
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"Look at Me!"
Meet Segunda Sezar. She was part of the September campaign in Bie. Once she knew she was cured, her joy was inescapable! On the day she...
Mary Chimbili
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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Another campaign, another hundred stories...
We are currently caring for 78 women who had fistula repair operations at Strangway Hospital in Bie between August 30 and September 5....
Mary Chimbili
Sep 15, 20242 min read
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Nurse Prevention and Awareness Training in Benguela Province
During July and August this year our Obstetric Fistula Program, led by Petra Jobse, conducted Prevention and Awareness Training about...
Mary Chimbili
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 3)
Park Run Five ParkRun events were held this month! Park Run events were held on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st of the month. These...
Mary Chimbili
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 2)
Handwriting Program Over the course of the school holidays ParkRun Assistant Manager Venâncio "Mandela" Daniel has been volunteering his...
Mary Chimbili
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 1)
This last month the Community Development program continued its regular ParkRun events as well as the first ever school holiday program...
Mary Chimbili
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Kulele - Family Run and Walk (ParkRun)
Inspired by participating in a local ParkRun ( parkrun.com.au ) event in Australia, Tavares Chimbili decided that he should replicate...
Mary Chimbili
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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We may have been quiet, but we haven't been still!
Over the last month the Votoka team has been busy visiting patients in their homes, conducting mobilisation and awareness events,...
Mary Chimbili
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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This Campaign is Over - Our Work Continues.
The May operations campaign has ended with our last patients leaving on July the 1st to return to their homes. We started with 213 women...
Mary Chimbili
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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We are still here. From 213 to 4!
The Votoka team continues to provide quality nursing after-care, trauma counselling and reintegration training to the 4 remaining...
Mary Chimbili
Jun 25, 20242 min read
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What does hope look like?
Hope. It seems like such a simple word. Look at Fernanda* (name changed for privacy). Her joy. Her energy. The life in her eyes. Since...
Mary Chimbili
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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Operations have finished - but our work carries on…!
The long hard road of post-operative care, trauma counselling and reintegration continues after operations officially ended on the...
Mary Chimbili
Jun 1, 20242 min read
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Operations are well underway!
Votoka has registered more than 220 women for the May operations campaign. So far 57 of these women received life-changing fistula repair...
Mary Chimbili
May 23, 20241 min read
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Registration Begins!
Registration for the May 2024 Fistula Repair Operations Campaign in Cuito, Bie have begun. Patients from far and wide have begun to...
Mary Chimbili
May 17, 20241 min read
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Empowering Women Through Obstetric Fistula Treatment
Empowering Women Through Obstetric Fistula Treatment Our organization is dedicated to providing holistic treatment and support to women...
Mary Chimbili
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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