Surgical Success Stories - #162, #163, #164

This is Endashe Wajage, a widow who has delivered nine children, five of whom are living. She has had prolapse for 6 years and now she is on the road to wellness. We are so grateful to our sponsors.

This is Tayome Godilo. She has had prolapse for 13 years and is a widow who has been pregnant eight times and delivered 7 children. Thank you for helping her!

This is Maskale Chonda. She is married and has delivered seven children, five of whom are living. She has suffered from prolapse for three years. Because of our wonderful Hearts for Ethiopia donors, Maskale is on her way to health again!

Surgical Success Stories - #157 to #161

This is Gaule Gasho, a widow who has delivered six children. She has suffered with prolapse for three years. She underwent a hysterectomy and as well as anterior and posterior repair sponsored by Hearts for Ethiopia.

Mamite Dopiso is also a widow and also suffered from prolapse for three years. She had a large cystocoele and rectocoele. She underwent anterior and posterior repair.  She has delivered four children and two are living. 

Say hello to Barare Fathamo, also a widow. She has been pregnant seven times and has five living children. She underwent a Le Fort Colpocleisis she had suffered from prolapse for two years .

This young woman is Ayelech Shimale. She is married and has delivered eight children. All of her children are living and the youngest is seven. She has suffered with prolapse for one year. She does not want anymore! She will have a vaginal hysterectomy and anterior and posterior repair sponsored by Hearts for Ethiopia.

Please meet Damore Dangamo who has delivered 10 children and seven are still living. She has suffered from prolapse for three years. She is from Kido which is far from Soddo. She also was noted to have a large ovarian cyst which was able to be removed. Thanks for helping restore her dignity!

Surgical Success Stories - #154, #155, #156

Please meet Almaz Toma, a married woman from Bucama. She has six children and has been suffering from a large cystocoele and rectocoele for the past nine months. She is so grateful for your help in sponsoring her surgery. 

This is Lantore Guracha who has four children. She has been very anxious to have her prolapse repaired as she has been suffering for four years. Thank you for helping her!

Say hello to Ezera Enga who has one child. She has had third-degree prolapse for three years and is so happy to have had her surgery sponsored by Hearts for Ethiopia. 

Surgical Success Story - #153

Say hello to Astir Lire, a married woman from Hosanna. She had been pregnant nine times and seven of her children are living. She had had severe prolapse for three years and has now successfully undergone surgery!

Since Dr. Mark was taking pictures of Astir, her husband asked if he would take a picture of both them together. So cute! Thanks for making such a huge difference in this family’s life. 

Surgical Success Story - #152

Please meet Belaynesh Bekalu from Bucama. She has been pregnant eight times and delivered seven children all of whom are living at this time. She is separated from her husband and has had prolapse for five years. She is grateful to have this problem taken care of. Thanks for helping her!

Surgical Success Story - #151

We would like to introduce to you Hogore Hankamo, an 80-year-old widow who has suffered from prolapse for five years. She is from Hosanna and has nine children. She is very, very grateful to have her surgery.

Surgical Success Stories - #148, #149, #150

Thank you for helping us to change the lives of these women!

This is Bekelech Gensa, a widow who has had severe prolapse for one year. She has delivered six children but sadly, none are still living. She is so relieved to have had her surgery sponsored by Hearts for Ethiopia.

This is Tadelech Tensa, a mom of seven children who has had severe prolapse for 7 years. She had a repair for this condition at another hospital five years ago but it was not successful. She is very grateful to Dr. Mark and the team at Soddo Christian Hospital and for being helped by our generous donors!

This is Adanech Gedebo, a widow with two children. She has had prolapse for seven years. She had been seen at the hospital a month earlier but had pneumonia and could not be operated on at that time. She is better now and is thrilled to have had her surgery!

Surgical Success Story - #147

Please meet Aberash Abera. She is married, has 7 children and has suffered from prolapse for more than 3 years. She had severe ulcers which prevented her from having surgery earlier but her ulcers have improved allowing Dr. Mark and his team to do her surgery! She has been very anxious to get this problem taken care of. Thank you for making this possible. 

Surgical Success Stories - #144, #145, #146

Please meet Almaz Oche who has had prolapse for two years. She is married and has five children. She was very anxious to get her prolapse repaired. Thank you for helping to make it happen.

This lovely lady is married and has delivered ten children. Her name is Burkinesh Wana. She has prolapse for two years. She was so excited to have her surgery!

Please meet Tarafe Tone, a widow and mom of five who has suffered from severe prolapse for four years. She also has hyperthyroidism, which has made it challenging to perform her surgery. Her medications were able to be covered by our Hearts for Ethiopia donors. She was very happy to have surgery. Thank you so very much. 

Surgical Success Story - #143

Please meet Bizunesh who is from Bucama who has two children. She has a history of prolapse that is longer than eight years. She was thrilled to have underwent surgery in mid-March. Thank you so very much for helping her restore her dignity.