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Our Mission
One By One contributes to the elimination of obstetric fistula worldwide by engaging the public and providing financial support to those who treat and prevent fistula in the developing world.

Our Vision
Inspire people. Empower solutions. End fistula.

Our Philosophy
Many of us respond to the suffering of others around the world with sadness, guilt and shame. Stories of the sick and the dying leave us disempowered and wondering how any one person can make any significant difference.

At One By One, we believe that small is not insignificant. We believe that it is possible to address global public health issues like obstetric fistula from the “bottom up” to meet the “top-down” work of multilateral agencies. We harness the “smaller” and otherwise disparate energies of those who want to help but don’t know how. We empower regular people to conceive of and implement concrete solutions to manageable pieces of the “fistula problem”.

In addition to raising public awareness of fistula and encouraging widespread participation, One By One believes that our resources are best used to address the unmet needs of fistula treatment and prevention programs in the developing world. To this end, we make direct grants to support fistula treatment and prevention in Africa and beyond.

Our Board
Katya Matanovic, Cofounder & Board President
Managing Director, Pomegranate Center

Julie Prentice, Board Vice President

Ben Black, Board Treasurer
General Partner, New Cycle Capital

Emily Courey Pryor, MPH, Board Secretary
Gilead Sciences

Kathleen Davis, M.D.

Alison Phillips

Kristin Goddard Sartain

Our Staff
Heidi Breeze-Harris
Executive Director & Cofounder


Cori Sparks
Operations Manager/ Program Assistant


Photo by Shelly Perry


One By One co-founders, Heidi Breeze-Harris and Katya Matanovic



 

 


 

 

Our Volunteers
One By One is supported by an amazing group of volunteers. We are grateful for all that each of these wonderful women brings to the project and we couldn’t grow and thrive without their help!

We love volunteers so let us know if you are interested in helping out! (You don’t have to live in Seattle to be a volunteer.) If you are interested in volunteering with One By One, please email us at info@fightfistula.org. We’ll contact you to learn what you would most like to do and then work to find a great fit between your time and energy and our project needs.