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Jackline’s journey to Kisii Teaching and Referral Level 6 started with a text from a family friend. The message was straightforward; there was a free medical camp whose objective was to address the challenges faced by women with fistula. The ask was even more succinct- would she like to be part of the camp?"I did not think twice," she says. "I wanted to do something. I wanted to see whether I could be healed.”She applied for a few days off her work as a machine operator in Kajiado, and once approved, she got onto the next available night bus and made it to Kisii. Ready for whatever the world would throw her way."But before I got on the bus, I had to take some pills that help me hold everything inside," she says.A key characteristic of fistula patients is the inability to hold urine, feces, or both. The condition causes them to surrender control of their bowel movements, often resulting in embarrassing situations.“This is what I have been doing for more than the past decade. Before I g