Good job! Stephanie Linus Extended Hands Foundation assisted in the payment of hospital bills of 15 women in Kwara State living with vesicovaginal fistula(VVF).

The Foundation ensured that the women received free repair surgeries at the Kwara Specialist Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State. The women were earlier neglected by their husbands because of the effects associated with VVF such as uncontrolled leaking of urine/having the smell of urine.

VVF is a medical/surgical condition where there is an abnormal communication between the bladder and vagina or rectum.It is mainly caused by prolonged or obstructed labour.As a result,there is inability to the control the passage of urine thereby leading to frequent leakage of urine and its associated side effects like embarrassment,smelling of urine and infections etc.

Before Stephanie's foundation assisted them,many of them
lost their jobs, their husbands, and were faced with depression.

The Foundation was praised by the First Lady of Kwara State Mrs Omolewa Ahmed who received Stephanie Linus Foundation and Diamond bank team at the State House in Ilorin.