Our Work
TERREWODE works with communities to prevent obstetric fistula, reduce stigma, and ensure that women and girls living with childbirth injuries are identified and referred for quality care.
Through our Obstetric Fistula Awareness and Advocacy Network (OFAAN), more than 1000 trained community volunteers support patient identification, referral, awareness creation, and follow-up within their communities.
We work closely with Fistula Solidarity Groups, which are led by survivors (former fistula patients) to raise awareness, support each other through savings and credit schemes, and advocate for improved maternal health in their communities. These groups use music, dance, drama, and engagements with local leaders, to increase visibility for women’s health and dignity at a community level.
TERREWODE’s reintegration programs respond to the social, economic, psychological, and physical needs of survivors (former fistula patients).Before reintegration support is designed, each woman is assessed individually so that the program appropriately addresses her needs.
Survivors receive health education, counseling, psychosocial support, and tailored aspects from our reintegration curriculum, which includes civic empowerment, capacity building in advocacy, human right education, mentorship as peer counselors and change agents in their communities, financial literacy, and practical training in income-generating activities.
We link survivors to networks within their communities for sustained support and follow-up with them to address emerging reintegration needs.
TERREWODE’s reintegration programs respond to the social, economic, psychological, and physical needs of survivors (former fistula patients).Before reintegration support is designed, each woman is assessed individually so that the program appropriately addresses her needs.
Survivors receive health education, counseling, psychosocial support, and tailored aspects from our reintegration curriculum, which includes civic empowerment, capacity building in advocacy, human right education, mentorship as peer counselors and change agents in their communities, financial literacy, and practical training in income-generating activities.
We link survivors to networks within their communities for sustained support and follow-up with them to address emerging reintegration needs.
TERREWODE strengthens the capacity of clinical and community health workers to identify, refer, and support the delivery of holistic care to women and girls affected by obstetric fistula and other childbirth injuries. We deliver training, workshops, mentorship, and campaigns with the overarching goal of increasing accessibility of quality and holistic maternal healthcare.
TERREWODE works to inform prevention strategies and programming, influence policies, and contribute to national and global learning, through research,for the elimination of obstetric fistula and childbirth injuries and improvement of maternal health outcomes.
Our advocacy is rooted in human rights and survivor-centered approaches. We work with communities, media, local government, civil society, health workers, and other stakeholders to advocate for obstetric fistula prevention and elimination, the improvement of maternal health outcomes, sexual reproductive health and rights, gender equality, economic rights and empowerment of vulnerable women.
recent events
Treatment camp at Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital.
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF)
Dissemination of the gender-based violence and obstetric fistula study.