Barefoot to Birmingham
12th June 2010
Over £13,000 raised (Read more...)
After watching the documentary film A Walk To Beautiful, Kalantha Brewis was so moved by the plight of the fistula patients in Ethiopia that she decided to walk 35 miles in her bare feet to help raise awareness of young women who have suffered horrendous childbirth injuries, mainp through the lack of midwives and ante-natal care. If they want to access the specialist hospital in Addis Ababa that can treat and cure them, they have to travel for many days, often barefoot, over difficult terrain.
Between June 9th and June 12th, Kalantha walked from her home near Pershore to the Birmingham Women’s Hospital, and stopped off at St Nicolas' Church on the way. While she was with us, she recorded a 5-minute interview.
Podcast
To hear Kalantha talk about her walk and the work of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, click the green play button below.
Can You Help?
Kings Norton Team Parish is supporting the work of the hospital financially through its planned giving, but if you would like to contribute too, you have only to contact Hamlin Fistula UK.
You can read more about the details of Kalantha's walk here. To find out more about other projects supported by the parish, click here.
Kalantha Brewis at St Nicolas'
