Obstetric Fistula Surgical Therapy and Rehabilitation Project
Learn about our project, and how you can help!
About Us
Our Team
Our small but amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers is made up of both medical and non-medical personnel who are committed to realizing our dream of eradicating and treating Obstetric birth traumas worldwide. We have taken our convictions and turned them into action. Think you would be a good fit? Want to see how you can be a part of this amazing vehicle for change? Contact us for more information
Our History
Working with women afflicted with Obstetric birth traumas since 2009, the OFSTAR Project was formed in December of 2017 by Dr. Ene George to provide consistent and reliable assistance and resources to continue this much needed work.
We formed our organization to provide sensible and real solutions that are culturally sensitive and feasible.
Our Mission
We aid with women suffering from Obstetric Fistulas, worldwide. Our assistance includes, but is not limited to providing the means for women to have their fistulas surgically treated, a space for them to regain physical, spiritual and emotional nourishment while also learning life skills so they can be re-introduced into society. Our ultimate goal is that of limiting and finally eradicating this condition.
Help Our Project
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
Ghosts of my Sisters
A Novel by Dr. George
A simple life as a wife and mother, a warm hearth to call home, the companionship, maybe even friendship of sister wives. Like her mother before her, this is all Hauwa hopes for her life. When her first pregnancy ends in tragedy, Hauwa finds herself living on the fringes of her own society, as an outcast, a ghost navigating the shadowy world of loneliness, shame and despair she had only heard of whispered as cautionary tales around the evening fires.
Cloaked in despair and bitterness, Hauwa finds strength and healing in an unexpected sisterhood. But can she let go of her bitterness and anger enough to find the healing that only forgiveness and acceptance can bring?
Enter the hidden world of many young women in Africa trapped by ancient and often unforgiving customs and prejudices, as seen through the eyes of shy, quiet 17-year-old Hauwa as she tries to find her way back to wholeness of body and mind from the edges of despair.