The Struggle to Help People in West Africa

Dr. Darius R. Maggi   founded the West Africa Fistula Foundation (WAFF) in 2004 upon retiring from an accomplished 22 year career as an OB/GYN in Denison, Texas. Dr. Maggi traveled to Ghana in 2000 in search of a way to assist women of underdeveloped countries with obstetric fistula, a complication of obstructed labor virtually unseen in a more developed country, such as the United States of America.In November, 2002, Dr. Maggi traveled to Sierra Leone and upon meeting and serving the people of this impoverished culture, he was inspired to dedicate his retirement to performing as many fistula surgeries as possible.Since his initial visit to Sierra Leone in 2002, Dr. Maggi has made over 42 trips to Sierra Leone performing these fistula surgeries for the female populace of Sierra Leone and helping in any other ways that he can.