Hii hospitali itasaidia wanawake waliokatwa Kisimi yaani Tohara! Kuna kabila mabazo ambazo wanazikata ili ashki ya mwanamke ipungue. lakini inaleta matatizo wakato wa uzazi.
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PRESS RELEASE
World's 1st Clitoral Repair Hospital for FGM Victims to Open in West Africa on March 7
Chantal Compaore, First Lady of Burkina Faso, will preside at the ceremony
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, February 10, 2014 -- The
world’s first clitoral repair hospital for victims of female genital
mutilation (FGM), located in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, will open on
March 7, according to a statement released today by the U.S.-based,
nonprofit organization Clitoraid (http://www.clitoraid.org). Chantal Compaore, First Lady of Burkina Faso, will preside at the ceremony.
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Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/kamkaso.jpg (The
world’s first clitoral repair hospital for victims of female genital
mutilation (FGM), located in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, will open on
March 7)
Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/nadine-gary.jpg (Clitoraid Communications Director Nadine Gary)
Photo 3: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/marci-bowers-md.jpg (Dr.
Marci Bowers, M.D., and Dr. Harold Henning Jr., M.D., will perform
surgeries at the new hospital and also train other surgeons to do it)
Photo 4: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/photos/harold-henning-md.jpg (Dr.
Harold Henning Jr., M.D., and Dr. Marci Bowers, M.D., will perform
surgeries at the new hospital and also train other surgeons to do it)
The hospital was built with donated funds and through the efforts of worldwide volunteers.
“Having
Chantal Compaore's support and presence on March 7 is such a wonderful
way to celebrate this opening!” said Clitoraid Communications Director
Nadine Gary. “She has been a steadfast voice against the horrors of FGM,
and we’re honored that she will be there.”
Gary
said hundreds of women are already on Clitoraid’s waiting list to have
the surgery, which will be free for any woman who wants it.
“Their
wait is almost over,” Gary said. She said the new facility, called “the
Kamkaso,” which means “the house for women,” has been nicknamed “the
Pleasure Hospital,” since the surgery “will restore their dignity as
women as well as their ability to experience physical pleasure, which
was taken from them against their will.”
Gary went on to explain how the idea of the hospital came about.
“After
spiritual leader Maitreya Rael heard about a clitoral repair procedure
developed by Dr. Pierre Foldes in France, he launched Clitoraid and the
idea of building clinics that offer free surgery for FGM victims. After
the United Nations adopted a resolution banning FGM, there’s been
universal agreement that it’s a violation of human rights and the
integrity of individuals. And eliminating FGM is essential for women’s
health, so governments must keep passing laws against it. But Rael
realized that it’s also important to repair the damage already caused to
living victims. This hospital is the result of his vision.”
Gary
said Clitoraid volunteer surgeons from the United States, Dr. Marci
Bowers, M.D., and Dr. Harold Henning Jr., M.D., will perform surgeries
at the new hospital and also train other surgeons to do it.
“The
goal is to help as many victims as possible have this surgery, which
will also help discourage the barbaric practice of FGM,” Gary said.
“When its effects can be surgically reversed for free, what would be the
point?”
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Clitoraid.
1 comment:
Dah! Hospitali ya kukarabati visimi. Safi sana.
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