Nandago is on the road to recovery

Nandago got pregnant with her first child at the tender age of 15. “My parents were not very happy, but they still supported me,” she explains. “One day I started having pains and told my mother. After some time my family managed to gather some money to take me to the health clinic. There, they said I needed to go to the district hospital.”

Nandago had endured prolonged obstructed labor, which clinics in the village are not equipped to handle. By the time she arrived at the district hospital, it was too late – she had a still birth that resulted in both vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistula. This was devastating both physically and emotionally for her and her whole family.

Her father heard about Uganda Village Project’s (UVP) fistula repair camps and immediately came to find out when the next camp would take place. Nandago received free and safe fistula repair surgery at that camp. Unfortunately, her injuries were very severe and she remains incontinent, but she is scheduled for another set of surgery at the November Camp.

Thank you, Leo, for giving Nandago assistance with her surgery. She is very grateful that she is on the road to recovery!

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