# Catherine Hamlin Foundation International

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1217877 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1217877)
- Company number: 16326821
- Website: https://www.catherinehamlininternational.org
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Health / saving of lives, Disability
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Ethiopia
- Other names: Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation UK (previous)
- Trustees: 5
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/catherine-hamlin-foundation-international

To assist in the treatment and care of women suffering from an obstetric fistula via the provision of grants and financial assistance to organisations raising awareness of fistula prevention and childbirth related injuries and providing care and related treatment programmes to women suffering from an obstetric fistula, including but not limited to Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To assist in the treatment and care of women suffering from an obstetric fistula via the provision of grants and financial assistance to organisations raising awareness of fistula prevention and childbirth related injuries and providing care and related treatment programmes to women suffering from an obstetric fistula, including but not limited to the addis ababa fistula hospital in Ethiopia.

## What it funds

Catherine Hamlin Foundation International is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives and disability for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales and Ethiopia.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Catherine Hamlin Foundation International in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (catherinehamlininternational.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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