Comments on: Can a donor give “new life for the pariahs” through the World Fistula Fund? http://blog.givewell.org/2009/11/02/can-a-donor-give-new-life-for-the-pariahs-through-the-world-fistula-fund/ Exploring how to get real change for your dollar. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Holden http://blog.givewell.org/2009/11/02/can-a-donor-give-new-life-for-the-pariahs-through-the-world-fistula-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-84601 Holden Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:43:42 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/?p=444#comment-84601 Yael, I completely agree that “Just because the society won’t necessarily help them doesn’t mean we need to forget the problem.”

We do not advocate “forgetting” any problem. We do advocate that donors compare their options for giving and give where they can do as much good as possible. For that purpose, it matters whether a fistula surgery fully or partially mitigates a woman’s suffering.

]]> By: Yael http://blog.givewell.org/2009/11/02/can-a-donor-give-new-life-for-the-pariahs-through-the-world-fistula-fund/comment-page-1/#comment-84595 Yael Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:23 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/?p=444#comment-84595 I’m new to this blog and new as well to the world of Global Health, so excuse my possibly ignorant questions:
In terms of “We don’t know” and how women can be re-integrated into a community, does it really matter? Everything I’ve read about obstetric fistula focuses on the debilitating condition the women are in. As long as we can try to fix this problem, how much does it matter if the women are re-integrated? Raped women/mutilated women are already on the fringes of society. Just because the society won’t necessarily help them doesn’t mean we need to forget the problem.
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