Since its inception, the goal of the Extended Hands Foundation founded by star actress and producer Stephanie Linus, has been to restore hope and put smiles on the faces of women. For some years now, the foundation has been focused on helping women with Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) – a serious disability that can be experienced by women after childbirth – and giving them a chance at living normal lives through free repair surgeries.
With a generous sponsorship from SNEPCo/NNPC, the foundation completed the successful repair of 25 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients at the Maryam Abacha Woman and Children (VVF Hospital) Sultan Bello Rd, Sokoto. All the repairs have been completed successfully and the women are recovering well.
The team of medical staff was led by Dr Sa’ad Idris, a seasoned VVF Surgeon and former Commissioner for Health in Zamfara State with over 20 years experience in the field. He was assisted by Dr Halima Bello a VVF surgeon, Chief Medical Director Dr Lawal Bello, Chief Matron Hamsai Abdullahi Wisso, and other doctors and nurses at the VVF Center.
As noted by the medical team, most of the women who were repaired had very complex cases of fistula resulting from botched surgeries carried out on them by inexperienced doctors. Some of the women had damaged wombs and tubes which caused a continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault. These women had been living with this condition for a varying number of years and finally got dry after the surgeries.
Against the backdrop of her Child Bride and Fistula advocacy movie, DRY, Stephanie Linus has been taking the message of restoration and hope to real women suffering from VVF. This pool effort goes a long way to show that DRY is more than just a movie, but a tool for touching the lives of women actually living with this condition.
Thank you so much stephanie for this gesture of love. You and your household would always find helpers in your time of need. God bless and enrich you.
ReplyDeleteSo nice of you Steffy!! God bless you! I watched a documentary on this VVF in one of the northern hospitals some months back. Women are really going through a lot. I believe the women in the North are more affected. God help us.
ReplyDeleteThis is very laudable...Kudos Steph!
ReplyDeleteMy name sake be doing us proud.
ReplyDeleteSteffy! Welcome back hope you are doing great now.
DeleteLady with class, no faking on the gram. She is real. Chai, I just so love she and her husband. Classy couple with a purpose to impact lives positively. Stéphanie, your husband Mr. Linus is so proud of you baby girl.
ReplyDeleteAnd again, that's my girl. Thanks for putting a smile on the faces of these women. May God bless you; your son will not jam any 'Delilah' in Jesus name amen.
God bless her for this kindness.
ReplyDeleteGod bless her kind gesture..
ReplyDeleteThanks Stephanie,looking forward to stuffs like this with my foundation in the nearest future
ReplyDeleteMy woman crush,I love this lady eehh.pls don't ask me why.
ReplyDeleteChai,God bless u. I've been trying bro down d movie DRY into our school system so that d pupils can watch but my boss is too stingy with data. Next year it must be done
ReplyDeleteLoud it
ReplyDeleteKudos to Stephanie
She does this every year. Last year The surgries was done in university collage hospital UCH Ibadan God bless her
ReplyDeleteMy love for this lady no get part 2...God bless u ma..
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