The Alon Project

The Alon Project is a non-profit organisation that addresses one of the most serious issues affecting women in the 21st Century, obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a preventable birth complication that affects the world’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged women. It causes constant incontinence of urine or faeces with subsequent devastating impacts of social isolation, loss of employment, infection and infertility. This injury is both entirely preventable and treatable with the appropriate resources and training for healthcare staff. Our work is focused in Uganda, which has some of the highest rates of fistula worldwide.

The Alon Project helps to cure these women through surgery which enables them to return to society. We focus on up-skilling local doctors and nurses to successfully treat these women and assist them to recover.

The mission of the Alon Project is:
1. Treatment for women suffering from obstetric fistula through life-changing surgery
2. Reintegration of these women into society
3. Prevention of future obstetric fistula cases through improving maternal child health
4. Capacity building and sustainability through training local health professionals
5. Empowerment and education of local women

Our last mission involved treating 58 women suffering from incontinence from birth injuries across two rural Uganda towns. We are looking to finance our next medical mission in November 2024 and expand on our previous efforts by running a neonatal resuscitation course to further support local staff and decrease neonatal deaths.

Grants to The Alon Project will be auspiced by Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University (ABN 69618787901).

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