In 2011, after four years of conducting her outreach, Sarah entered into what would become a long-term partnership with One By One (then a US-based non-profit organization).
Through this partnership, Let’s End Fistula Initiative (LEFI) was formerly launched as an implementing program.
This became a groundbreaking initiative designed to address the four pillars of a comprehensive approach to Fistula Care:
The pillars are:
1. Education and Outreach
2. Surgical Treatment
3. Social Reintegration & Economic Empowerment
4. Prevention
Following Sarah’s successful grassroots Initiatives, the desire to reproduce herself through other Fistula Survivors became a reality with the entry of One by One.
A Three-woman leadership team (Ms. Sarah Omega, Ms. Norah Otondo and Ms. Habiba Mohammed), led by Sarah, recruited, trained, and mentored 30 Regional Representatives – 25 of them being fistula survivors – from 12 western Kenya Counties to serve as Frontline Community Educators & Advocates for Fistula care.
In 2018, One by One (OBO) merged with Worldwide Fistula Fund (WFF), an organization that has continued to fund LEFI’s Programs to date.
