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Anne Gathoni Njoki is 28 years old and is the eldest of four children. She lives with one of her younger sisters in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. Due to financial difficulties, she was forced to leave school after Year 7. It was impossible for her mother to pay school fees and provide for the family at the same time.
Anne felt compelled to come to Nairobi to look for ways to make a living. She then began working as a casual labourer, thereby supporting herself and her younger sister.
Anne got married, but the marriage broke down very quickly as she had been experiencing severe pain during sexual intercourse since 2012. Her husband filed for divorce.
In September 2014, she sought treatment at St Mary’s Hospital in Nairobi, where she was diagnosed with vaginal stenosis. She underwent plastic surgery on her vagina. Despite the surgical intervention, there was no improvement and sexual intercourse remained impossible.
Following a specialist gynaecological examination, a solution was finally found for Anne: by dilating the vaginal stenosis using cylindrical rods of increasing diameter (known as Hegar rods), which Tulisa had bought for Anne in Germany and sent to Kenya, she is now dilating the narrowing, thereby avoiding the need for an operation and looking forward to a normal married and family life!