About

The Trampled Rose is a community for women who suffer from obstetric and traumatic fistula. Its primary objective is to provide secure shelter, food, basic education, skills training and social support while residents await treatment at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

For those fistula patients who cannot be cured and return to their homes, The Trampled Rose also provides a year long entrepreneurship training program. This program provides housing, training and seed money so residents can start their own businesses and gain greater independence and self-sufficiency.

The Trampled Rose also conducts education and outreach programs in rural areas in order to address the underlying causes of obstetric and traumatic fistula. Outreach workers educate rural communities on the causes of fistula and how to prevent this debilitating condition, while health practitioners examine female community members to identify those who may be suffering from fistula. The Trampled Rose then provides transportation to a nearby medical facility and facilitates their process of treatment.

Trampled Rose, Inc. is under section 501(c) 3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Over 90 percent of donations are directly used to provide programs for women suffering from obstetric and traumatic fistula in Ethiopia.