Why We Work in Bangladesh
In southern Bangladesh, nine in ten women give birth at home without any support from trained medical professionals. Too often, this results in needless loss of life for the mother or baby, or in preventable injuries like obstetric fistula. While the country has enjoyed strong social progress for women in the last decade, including greater representation in the workforce and in the government, there is still much work to be done.
In late 2017, the Chittagong region at the southern border began to receive a huge influx of Rohingya refugees, fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar. With resources already taxed by widespread poverty in the region, local healthcare providers have struggled to keep up with the growing demand on their services. Now more than ever, support is vital for vulnerable women of all ethnicities in Bangladesh.
What You Help Us Do
We are investing in the following areas to build Bangladesh’s in-country medical services and provide life-transforming surgery to as many women as possible:
Meet Our Partners
We are currently partnering with HOPE Hospital to deliver fistula treatment to women in Bangladesh. Fistula Foundation has been proud to partner with HOPE since 2010. HOPE is the only provider of fistula surgery in the coastal Chittagong region.
HOPE Hospital was founded nearly two decades ago by our trusted partner Dr. Iftikher Mahmood, to serve the most vulnerable members of Bangladeshi society: poor mothers and children.
The current hospital is a 40-bed charitable facility with eight rural medical centers, a training center for midwives, and a strong network of local staff and volunteers across southern Bangladesh.
HOPE Hospital
- Pending grant for FY2019
- $69,500 in FY2018
- $99,760 in FY2017
- $239,600 in FY2016
- $110,868 in FY2015
- $158,463 in FY2014
- $110,000 in FY2013
- $22,883 in FY2012
- $54,326 in FY2011
- $35,000 in FY2010
