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Zonta International

Project to Eliminate Obstetric Fistula

in Liberia

A heart-breaking problem that too few know about

and even fewer support

A woman dies every minute

in the developing world as a result of pregnancy and

childbirth.

“In the 21st century, no

woman should have to give her life to give life.”

Ban Ki-moon

Secretary General

United Nations

20 women

…for every woman who dies, there are twenty more who suffer from the consequences

of a difficult pregnancy or complicated childbirth.

At least 2,000,000

women

worldwide

suffer from an obstetric fistula.

There is good news:

90%…

…is the success rate of

state of the art reconstructive surgery.

$130

national net income per person and year in

Liberia

219…

…out of 1,000 women in Liberia are between 15 and 19 years old when

they give birth for the first time.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia

2011 Nobel Prize for Peace

Paving the wayfor a better future.

…and this is where the global Fistula Campaign of UNFPA and

Zonta International come in:

information and prevention

Zonta International’s Support

(2008 to Present)

US$450,000 (2008-2010)

US$500,000 (2010-2012)

US$1,000,000 (2012-2014)

Treatment

Social Reintegration

$675 will give a woman

back her life

$5 to feed a patient for one week after

surgery has been completed

$10 to transport a patient to the hospital

$80 for surgical tools

$60 for a caesarean section

Ready to Return to Life

Prevention

Fistula is a heart-breaking problem

Zonta plays a major role in• Raising awareness• Building medical capability

• Giving many young women who live in a state of constant despair…

Their Lives Back

We can help these young women by generously

donating to this critical

Zonta International

Service Project.

The fistula victims in

Liberia thank you for

your support.