NEWS | Terrewode Women's Fund

Updates & Media

Bonnie Ruder

May 23

Imagine a world without fistula

Imagine a world where all women receive high-quality reproductive healthcare, and emergency obstetric care when needed. A world where...

Bonnie Ruder

May 4

Welcoming and healing all mothers

At Terrewode Women's Community Hospital, if a woman arrives with her child, both are welcomed with open arms.

Liz Gillespie

Apr 28

'I owe Terrewode my new life'

Betty Nalule’s boyfriend abandoned her after the birth of their baby girl, Favour, left Betty with obstetric fistula. He said he could...

Bonnie Ruder

Mar 7

International Women's Day Spotlight

In honor of International Women’s Day, we celebrate the contributions of Alice Emasu and Dr. Tino Okedi — two women leaders who champion...

Uganda Trip Report: One Mother's Healing Journey Begins

Bonnie Ruder

Mar 7

Uganda Trip Report: One Mother's Healing Journey Begins

Terrewode Women's Fund Executive Director Bonnie Ruders reports on a late January 2022 trip to Uganda, her first since the pandemic began.

Elise Cope

Nov 12, 2021

An Evening for Healing and Hope — Watch the recording!

If you missed our our Evening for Healing and Hope on Wednesday, November 10, we've got you covered! Watch a full recording of the event...

Stacie Dixon

Oct 31, 2021

October 2021 Newsletter

Fistula Surgery Restores Women's Lives Joyce is overjoyed after surgery to repair her fistula. Terrewode Women's Community Hospital...

Liz Gillespie

Apr 28, 2021

Thank you, Together Women Rise!

We are so honored that Together Women Rise (formerly Dining for Women) has chosen TERREWODE as a May 2021 grantee. All month long,...

Terrewode Women's Fund

Oct 1, 2020

May 2021 event to benefit TERREWODE

We are proud to announce that Terrewode Women’s Fund is a 2021 Dining for Women grant recipient! We'll be the featured grantee in May...

Protecting the Most Vulnerable in Uganda - Providing Ambulance Services to Women in Need

Terrewode Women's Fund

Apr 14, 2020

Protecting the Most Vulnerable in Uganda - Providing Ambulance Services to Women in Need

There are now 54 reported COVID-19 cases in Uganda. The country is under strict lockdown orders in an effort to halt the spread. All...

Update on COVID-19 in Uganda and Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital

Terrewode Women's Fund

Apr 5, 2020

Update on COVID-19 in Uganda and Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital

Dear Friends of Terrewode: When we opened the Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital (TWCH) last August, we knew we would face challenges,...

Hospital Launch Announcement, Ribbon Cutting to Mark Opening of TERREWODE Women’s Community Hospital

Terrewode Women's Fund

Aug 21, 2019

Hospital Launch Announcement, Ribbon Cutting to Mark Opening of TERREWODE Women’s Community Hospital

SOROTI, UGANDA & SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Aug. 16, 2019 – A community event and ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the Grand Opening of...

Terrewode Women's Fund

Aug 21, 2019

Photos from 1st week hospital opens!

Over 500 members of the Uganda community, members of Parliament, the Uganda Cabinet, and international organizations attended the Opening...

Terrewode Women's Fund

Jul 29, 2019

A New Hospital = Our New Name: Terrewode Women's Fund

Thanks to the generosity of supporters to the Uganda Fistula Fund, we are celebrating completion of construction of the first dedicated...

New Vision Article - 1,900 Ugandan women get fistula every year

Terrewode Women's Fund

May 21, 2019

New Vision Article - 1,900 Ugandan women get fistula every year

"FISTULA RATES DROP- The number of new cases of fistula in Uganda have seen a slight drop over the last five years although they are...

Hospital opens in August. Thank you for being on this journey with us!

Terrewode Women's Fund

May 9, 2019

Hospital opens in August. Thank you for being on this journey with us!

So much progress has been made since groundbreaking over a year ago! The hospital is ready to install medical equipment, beds, all the...

TERREWODE Women's Community Hospital Construction Update - April 30, 2018

Terrewode Women's Fund

May 3, 2019

TERREWODE Women's Community Hospital Construction Update - April 30, 2018

Dear partners, I am excited to share with you the hospital construction update herein attached on behalf of TERREWODE secretariat. I hope...

Construction goal is met! Now, a look to the future

Terrewode Women's Fund

Mar 6, 2019

Construction goal is met! Now, a look to the future

As construction on hospital buildings continues, we see photos of nearly completed building exteriors, and the bare red earth before any...

Terrewode Women's Fund

Dec 11, 2018

Year End Beauty

Join me in enjoying December photos from TERREWODE. Alice, staff, and several board members toured the construction site this last...

Terrewode Women's Fund

Oct 11, 2018

Putting the roof on!

It seems like I'm showing pictures in slow motion. First, buying land in 2016, then groundbreaking in March of this year. Then,...

Publications

Characterizing Persistent Urinary Incontinence After Successful Fistula Closure: The Ugandan Experience
Rahel Nardos, Bonnie Ruder, Lewis Wall, Alice Emasu, et al., American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022

The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda
Bonnie Ruder and Alice Emasu, 2022
In: Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health: from policy spaces to sites of practice, Eds.
Lauren J. Wallace, Margaret E. MacDonald, Katerini T. Storeng

Reintegration needs of young women following genitourinary fistula surgery in Uganda
Alice Emasu, Bonnie Ruder, et al., International Urogynecology Journal, 2019

Too Long to Wait: Obstetric Fistula and the Sociopolitical Dynamics of the Fourth Delay in Soroti, Uganda

Bonnie Ruder, Melissa Cheyney, Alice Emasu, Qualitative Health Research, 2018

A bill of rights for patients with obstetric fistula
Lewis Wall, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2014

Shalom Abur

Celebrity Ambassador

Miss Uganda North America 2018-2019
Miss Africa Washington 2018-2019

Shalom raises awareness and advocates for the health and well-being of Ugandan women and their families. In January, she will be in Uganda, presenting the Ladies First! Leadership Forum.

Please contact us to ask Shalom to speak to your organization.

Characterizing Persistent Urinary Incontinence After Successful Fistula Closure: The Ugandan Experience Rahel Nardos, Bonnie Ruder, Lewis Wall, Alice Emasu, et al., American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022

The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda Bonnie Ruder and Alice Emasu, 2022 In: Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health: from policy spaces to sites of practice, Eds. Lauren J. Wallace, Margaret E. MacDonald, Katerini T. Storeng

Reintegration needs of young women following genitourinary fistula surgery in Uganda Alice Emasu, Bonnie Ruder, et al., International Urogynecology Journal, 2019

Too Long to Wait: Obstetric Fistula and the Sociopolitical Dynamics of the Fourth Delay in Soroti, Uganda

Bonnie Ruder, Melissa Cheyney, Alice Emasu, Qualitative Health Research, 2018

A bill of rights for patients with obstetric fistula Lewis Wall, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2014

Characterizing Persistent Urinary Incontinence After Successful Fistula Closure: The Ugandan Experience
Rahel Nardos, Bonnie Ruder, Lewis Wall, Alice Emasu, et al., American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022

The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda
Bonnie Ruder and Alice Emasu, 2022
In: Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health: from policy spaces to sites of practice, Eds.
Lauren J. Wallace, Margaret E. MacDonald, Katerini T. Storeng

Reintegration needs of young women following genitourinary fistula surgery in Uganda
Alice Emasu, Bonnie Ruder, et al., International Urogynecology Journal, 2019

A bill of rights for patients with obstetric fistula
Lewis Wall, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2014