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Helping young Kenyan women heal and rebuild their lives after severe childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula. 🇰🇪🇰🇪

Beyond Fistula 2025! 2025 was great to us! We hos

Beyond Fistula 2025!

2025 was great to us! We hosted many volunteers, collaborated with @chameleon_buddies and @campaign_52 , Debbie and crew climbed Mount Kiki, and we hosted over 350 women for workshops!

The best is yet to come, 2026…

Continue to donate through the link in bio donations still matched x3 this month!

Comment if you see yourself 😄
#kenya #donate #fistula

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This month we were able to host our seventh worksh

This month we were able to host our seventh workshop of 2025!

What began as a plan to train 40 women quickly grew into 64 for this recent workshop! The overwhelming response shows just how strongly these women want to build their skills, strengthen their independence, and transform their futures. In this recent workshop, we combined efforts with an amazing local organization called Let’s End Fistula Initiative. It is the beginning of a beautiful collaboration.

Over the four day workshop, they learned about making a business plan, saving, budgeting, re-investing and how to take out a loan if needed. The curriculum is designed to teach practical business skills, to nurture confidence, resilience, emotional healing, and long-term decision-making.

We typically have been hosting 4 workshops per year with 40 women per workshop, with the goal of increasing to 6 workshops per year (240 women). Our team went the extra mile this year and have already hosted 7 workshops with sometimes up to 70 women in the workshop. We have successfully trained 360 women in our workshops this year- an impressive jump from previous years, thanks to your support!!

Your holiday donation directly fuels this momentum.
It keeps this training running, supports additional women throughout the year, and helps survivors of obstetric fistula build sustainable businesses that uplift entire communities.
#kenya #womeninspiringwomen #donate

This Giving Tuesday and holiday season, your gener

This Giving Tuesday and holiday season, your generosity can go three times further.

Today is a great day to donate for the 2025 year!
Giving Tuesday is all about a global generosity movement to help support transform their communities such as the Beyond Fistula Community!

All donations made during December will be matched 3:1 (thanks to a few very generous donors!), directly supporting women healing from obstetric fistula through surgery, education, vocational training, and long-term empowerment.

Your gift produces a ripple effect- supporting a girl’s education, or helping a woman to start a business and earn money allows her to help her children, her family and can impact her community. Earning money helps a woman with her self-respect, her voice, and respect in the community.

Link in bio to donate and to be matched x3
https://beyondfistula.org/donate/

#kenya #givingtuesday❤️ #donate

NOWS your chance! The holidays are right around

NOWS your chance!

The holidays are right around the corner and give the gift of donating to the many and women and children in Eldoret Kenya!
These donations help us continue our programing of education, entrepreneurship, and peer support!
Link in bio to donate now and have your donation be matched by 3

EVEN 5 dollars helps

Thank you!!

We did it! On October 10th- 16 of our 17 women r

We did it!

On October 10th- 16 of our 17 women reached the summit of Mount Kili!
It took 7 difficult days with many ups and downs.
Mostly, we were focused on our purpose- raising funds and raising awareness.

This climb was about creating lasting change for our women at Beyond Fistula and Chameleon Buddies in Kenya.

total miles: 47.3 miles
total elevation gain: 13,436 ft.

After the climb, most of the crew came to Kenya to tour the hospital, the Beyond Fistula program and to help facilitate a Chameleon Buddies workshop with women who are living with stomas. It was an incredibly emotional week.
Thanks for all of your support!!!

Link in bio to join newsletter for full summary and experience @debmatityahu

Day 5 with Mount Kilimanjaro behind!! The whole

Day 5 with Mount Kilimanjaro behind!!

The whole team has made it to base camp safely at 15,500 ft. Heading to the summit at 11p Tanzania time. Anticipated to reach uhuru peak at 6 or 7a.
Debbie writes, “Feeling strong!”

Check out this great article by @dailyhampshiregaz

Check out this great article by @dailyhampshiregazette on @val.nicoletti on her journey and reason behind climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Read the full article: https://gazettenet.com/2025/10/04/scaling-new-heights-williamsburg-physician-takes-on-mount-kilimanjaro-to-support-fistula-survivors-in-kenya/

They have completed 2 days of Mount Kilimanjaro!!

They have completed 2 days of Mount Kilimanjaro!!

Minimal reception but the team has climbed 2 days already and still going strong! Also 10 miles done on day 2 alone and on day 1 they reached Simba camp.

Thank yo for all the support and keep donating in the link in bio!
#mountkilimanjaro #donate #africa

They are off!! ⭐️🥾🗻🇹🇿🇰🇪 The

They are off!! ⭐️🥾🗻🇹🇿🇰🇪

They have officially begun the multi day hike to the tallest free standing mountain in the world! So much amazing work to help support many more women and children

You can continue to donate as they defeat this mountain in the link in bio!

@chameleon_buddies @beyondfistula @gynocarewomens_fistulahospital

#mountkilimanjaro #women #ostomy #donate

Last days before the trek! Some of the women who

Last days before the trek!

Some of the women who will be trekking have come to Eldoret to see and spend time @beyondfistula @gynocarewomens_fistulahospital @chameleon_buddies, use the strength and wisdom of the women to motivate them for Mount Kilimanjaro!

Thank you for the endless support and you can continue donating in the link in bio!

Words from Debbie! “My Mt Kili training video fr

Words from Debbie!
“My Mt Kili training video from your favorite “Queen of Pain.” My new mantra: I can do hard things.”
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A successful week for Beyond Fistula! Debbie host

A successful week for Beyond Fistula!

Debbie hosted 2 great events with presentations, a short by @tristan__cohen, and volunteers shared their experiences!

Endlessly grateful for all who came, spoke, and donated to keep Beyond Fistula going!
#donate #kenya #volunteer

Check out this amazing feature in afrostyled @afro

Check out this amazing feature in afrostyled @afrostyledcraftscentre!! Here are just some highlights follow this link to continue reading

https://afrostyled.africa/more-than-just-a-bag-the-story-behind-afrostyled-packaging/

There’s only 2 months until the climb! Support D

There’s only 2 months until the climb! Support Debbie and Val in their climb of mount kili to support women in Beyond Fistula living with a stoma!! Link in bio to donate!

So much love @beyondfistula summer 25’ Link in

So much love @beyondfistula summer 25’

Link in bio to learn more!
#kenya #women #volunteer #donate

Enjoy some great photos from the past 2 weeks capt

Enjoy some great photos from the past 2 weeks captured in Eldoret! As volunteers have left and summer 25’ is coming to a close our work continues and so much more is to come and there are so many women and families to keep supporting! Follow along by clicking the link in bio and joining our newsletter and to continue donating!

This past week over 75 women came to beyond fistul

This past week over 75 women came to beyond fistula for a business and baking 4 day workshop with @lajawabtreats. They learned everything from how to turn a plan into a business to budgeting and loans and were interviewed to learn what supplies are needed to begin!! The program concluded with a graduation and diploma ceremony to show how proud and celebrate their accomplishments. This is often the only diplomas the women have received and they proudly get to leave with new found skills and support in their futures.

To continue this amazing work follow the link in bio to donate!
#kenya #women #africa #volunteer

We’ve begun gifting women who have graduated fro

We’ve begun gifting women who have graduated from our farm skills or business training programs with the tools and supplies they need to launch their own ventures. This month, 8 incredible women each received 75 chicks to kickstart their poultry businesses and begin generating income for themselves and their families!

Link in bio to keep this going!!

#donate #kenya #poultry #women

Music is healing. Song is a big part of Kenyan cul

Music is healing. Song is a big part of Kenyan culture. You will see that for any occasion there is a song and dance with it.

This was a visit to one of the peer support groups in kericho. They presented us with gifts song and dance after their meeting. They meet monthly and are saving to buy a goat per person (26 people). They started in 2021 and are a strong group.

#kenya #music #women #beyondfistula

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