The women pictured above, most of whom are victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGVB), greet funding partners (of SGVB) to the HEAL Africa compound.

 I went home with my baby, but one month later… I could no longer walk easily, nor complete my household work. That was the beginning of my illness, and since then I have not had another child. I suffered for five years; my husband abandoned me when he learned that I was sick and could no longer work or do anything that was of interest to him. He consequently went and had relationships with other women after he leaving me. This is how I remained without a husband all these years, and my child and I have been left to eke out a living.

Feeling like her life was over at age 20, one surgery changed Sylvia’s future – Read her story: http://eepurl.com/bHtakz