I worked doing anesthesia in Northern Nigeria in 2014 for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and we did fistula repairs every Saturday and Sunday when specialists could come to our town. These young girls, often 14 years old, come long distances in hopes of a cure. They meet each other and find out for the first time that they are not alone. Strong proud girls. A must see movie that is about one such girl is “Walk to the Beautiful”. Please watch it.
This is an excellent choice and a truly noble cause. The work Fistula Foundation does restores dignity and lives where access to care has failed.
I personally try to do the same on a much smaller scale - still an insignificant medical student with a single put contract on Palantir and Nvdia... - but the idea of turning gains from shorting excesses of our insane world into concrete good feels deeply meaningful.
What would you think of directing, say, 10% of such gains toward causes like the one you highlight here?
Thankyl you for bringing all these charitable organizations to light. One day can you please share your processes in what you look for in an org? There are a lot of organizations out there where a majority of the donations are paid to the employees of the org and not to the beneficiaries of whom the charities are meant to take care of.
Another excellent choice Sir! My heart is moved and thereby my little wallet… but hopefully other “little wallets” in the CU subscribers will join me and together we’ll change lives. That’s a beauty 🙌🏼
Michael, thank you for bringing this worthwhile charity to our attention. Here is the information needed for making a donation via a grantor fund: The Fistula Foundation is located at 235 E. Trimble Road, San Jose, California, 95131, USA Tax ID: 77-0547201
Fistula is a term also associated with men and women suffering an anal fistula usually caused by IBD or an infection/abscess. From my personal experience it is quite unpleasant and painful. I can only imagine it is a many, many times worse experience for these women suffering a vaginal/rectal fistula. Again, thank you for bringing this charity to our attention.
Appreciate you highlighting this charity. I was looking through their public filings and had a question I’m hoping you might have insight on.
The $624 per-surgery figure appears to be a marginal appeal number, while program expenses suggest a higher fully loaded cost. I also noticed grants often flow through U.S. intermediaries with limited hospital-level disclosure.
None of that implies the work isn’t real — I’m just curious how you evaluated transparency and outcomes when recommending it.
Thank you to you and your wife for recognizing this need and acting. Honored to help 💗
Thank you Jean Louise!
Love it. I'll sound like a broken record every month, but I'm so glad you're doing this.
Wow was unaware of this group. Thankful that surgery seems to be an option/helps. Thankful to those doctors that are able to perform these surgeries.
Thank you Hunter!
Done!! Thx for highlighting this organization 🙏. I was utterly unaware .
Thank you Dan!
I worked doing anesthesia in Northern Nigeria in 2014 for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and we did fistula repairs every Saturday and Sunday when specialists could come to our town. These young girls, often 14 years old, come long distances in hopes of a cure. They meet each other and find out for the first time that they are not alone. Strong proud girls. A must see movie that is about one such girl is “Walk to the Beautiful”. Please watch it.
Watched a documentary about this several years back, the pain these women have to endure is torturous & inhumane.
Thank you Burry family for this, it is an extremely worthy cause.
Dr Burry,
This is an excellent choice and a truly noble cause. The work Fistula Foundation does restores dignity and lives where access to care has failed.
I personally try to do the same on a much smaller scale - still an insignificant medical student with a single put contract on Palantir and Nvdia... - but the idea of turning gains from shorting excesses of our insane world into concrete good feels deeply meaningful.
What would you think of directing, say, 10% of such gains toward causes like the one you highlight here?
Best regards,
Thankyl you for bringing all these charitable organizations to light. One day can you please share your processes in what you look for in an org? There are a lot of organizations out there where a majority of the donations are paid to the employees of the org and not to the beneficiaries of whom the charities are meant to take care of.
That it’s so nice
Awesome!
Another excellent choice Sir! My heart is moved and thereby my little wallet… but hopefully other “little wallets” in the CU subscribers will join me and together we’ll change lives. That’s a beauty 🙌🏼
Thank you Rebecca!
Thank you very much.
Sorry, a correction: The movie is “A Walk to Beautiful”
Thank you. Just donated.
Michael, thank you for bringing this worthwhile charity to our attention. Here is the information needed for making a donation via a grantor fund: The Fistula Foundation is located at 235 E. Trimble Road, San Jose, California, 95131, USA Tax ID: 77-0547201
Fistula is a term also associated with men and women suffering an anal fistula usually caused by IBD or an infection/abscess. From my personal experience it is quite unpleasant and painful. I can only imagine it is a many, many times worse experience for these women suffering a vaginal/rectal fistula. Again, thank you for bringing this charity to our attention.
Appreciate you highlighting this charity. I was looking through their public filings and had a question I’m hoping you might have insight on.
The $624 per-surgery figure appears to be a marginal appeal number, while program expenses suggest a higher fully loaded cost. I also noticed grants often flow through U.S. intermediaries with limited hospital-level disclosure.
None of that implies the work isn’t real — I’m just curious how you evaluated transparency and outcomes when recommending it.