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God bless you Jun 29, 2021
Hello and thank you. I know you are far away but your giving helps me so much. I can have what I need for school now, to go with dignity. May God bless you for your good heart.
Overview
I am a 18 year old student in Class 6 and I am a fistula survivor. I live with my mother, my aunt, and my two siblings. I became pregnant at 14 and had a difficult labor that left me with fistula. Now I have had surgery to repair the fistula and I am healthy. I stopped going to school when I got the fistula because my family did not have enough money and because the other students bullied me because of the smell.
My goals are to finish school. One day I want to become a judge in the law court. I also dream to go back to my town and take other girls with fistula to the hospital I went to for repair.
I need $400 for school fees, uniform, sanitary pads, and food.
Meeting this need will help me because I am healed and ambitious to get my dreams. All that stands in my way is they money to support me in school.
Need funded!
Thank you for helping Winslet fund this need.
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This need has been validated by Debra from Beyond Fistula
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Validated by Debra from Beyond Fistula (What does this mean?)
Each need is validated by a nonprofit that knows the person and can verify that the help is necessary. Funds flow from Benevolent to the nonprofit, which then gets them to the person in need and lets us know how it went.
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Winslet - nicknamed Winnie - is an ambitious young woman. She has been through tremendous hardship with a pregnancy, difficult labor, and fistula. Even so, she hasn't lost sight of her dreams of finishing school and building a career as a judge. Winnie is driven and hopeful and I believe in her ability to succeed, and she'll have our help along the way.
About Debra
I am the co-founder and Executive Director of Beyond Fistula. I founded the nonprofit in 2012 after seeing how much these young Kenyan women needed help rebuilding their lives after recovering from a childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula. I am endlessly motivated by their hope and tenacity… Read more