Tanzanian women rebuild their lives after recovering from obstetric fistula

STORY: Tanzanian women rebuild their lives after recovering from obstetric fistula DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:45 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of women in their workshop making products. 2. various of products in a workshop 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): MARIAM BAKARI SOBO, Graduate at Mabinti Center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): MARIA PETER, Administrator at Mabinti Center STORYLINE: At the Mabinti Center in Dar es Salaam, seven women are busy making handmade bags, accessories and toys. They have been trained by the center, which is operated under the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT), a locally registered non-governmental organization (NGO) providing specialized healthcare services in Tanzania. From its inception in 1994 as a provider of community-based rehabilitation, the CCBRT has become the largest provider of disability and rehabilitative services in the east African nation. Since 2009, the Mabinti Center has empowered women recovering

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-WOMEN-OBSTETRIC FISTULA

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-WOMEN-OBSTETRIC FISTULA

(230205) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Mabinti Center Administrator Maria Peter speaks during interviews at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Feb. 3, 2022. Seven women who have fully recovered from obstetric fistula treatment are busy in a room making high quality handmade bags, accessories and toys. These women have benefited from the specialized healthcare services operating in Dar es Salaam and Moshi in Tanzania, sponsored by the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT), a locally registered non-governmental organization (NGO). TO GO WITH "Tanzanian women rebuild their lives after recovering from obstetric fistula" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)