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Rise Up with Love and Hope!
We are currently caring for 78 women who had fistula repair operations at Strangway Hospital in Bie between August 30 and September 5....
Mary Chimbili
- Sep 9
- 2 min
Nurse Prevention and Awareness Training in Benguela Province
During July and August this year our Obstetric Fistula Program, led by Petra Jobse, conducted Prevention and Awareness Training about...
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Mary Chimbili
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 3)
Park Run Five ParkRun events were held this month! Park Run events were held on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st of the month. These...
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Mary Chimbili
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 2)
Handwriting Program Over the course of the school holidays ParkRun Assistant Manager Venâncio "Mandela" Daniel has been volunteering his...
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Mary Chimbili
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Amazing August in the Community Development Program (Part 1)
This last month the Community Development program continued its regular ParkRun events as well as the first ever school holiday program...
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Mary Chimbili
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Kulele - Family Run and Walk (ParkRun)
Inspired by participating in a local ParkRun ( parkrun.com.au ) event in Australia, Tavares Chimbili decided that he should replicate...
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Mary Chimbili
- Aug 6
- 2 min
We may have been quiet, but we haven't been still!
Over the last month the Votoka team has been busy visiting patients in their homes, conducting mobilisation and awareness events,...
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Mary Chimbili
- Jul 10
- 2 min
This Campaign is Over - Our Work Continues.
The May operations campaign has ended with our last patients leaving on July the 1st to return to their homes. We started with 213 women...
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Mary Chimbili
- Jun 25
- 2 min
We are still here. From 213 to 4!
The Votoka team continues to provide quality nursing after-care, trauma counselling and reintegration training to the 4 remaining...
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Mary Chimbili
- Jun 10
- 2 min
What does hope look like?
Hope. It seems like such a simple word. Look at Fernanda* (name changed for privacy). Her joy. Her energy. The life in her eyes. Since...
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Mary Chimbili
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Operations have finished - but our work carries on…!
The long hard road of post-operative care, trauma counselling and reintegration continues after operations officially ended on the...
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Mary Chimbili
- May 23
- 1 min
Operations are well underway!
Votoka has registered more than 220 women for the May operations campaign. So far 57 of these women received life-changing fistula repair...
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Mary Chimbili
- May 17
- 1 min
Registration Begins!
Registration for the May 2024 Fistula Repair Operations Campaign in Cuito, Bie have begun. Patients from far and wide have begun to...
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Mary Chimbili
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Empowering Women Through Obstetric Fistula Treatment
Empowering Women Through Obstetric Fistula Treatment Our organization is dedicated to providing holistic treatment and support to women...
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Mary Chimbili
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Creating a World of Love and Hope: Votoka Angola
Creating a World of Love and Hope: Votoka Angola At Votoka Angola, we believe in the power of love and hope to transform lives and...
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Mary Chimbili
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Building Stronger Communities Through Youth Engagement
Building Stronger Communities Through Youth Engagement Votoka Angola is a not-for-profit association that believes in the power of youth...
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