STORIES FROM HAITI – Page 3 – Midwives For Haiti

Class 10 Graduation!

On Sunday, May 26, 2019, Midwives For Haiti celebrated the graduation of our 10th class. It was also coincidentally Mother’s Day in Haiti!

Hi There, And Happy Spring! … Haiti has been intermittently “on fire” in the past year, as my friends, family, and the ticket exchange agents at American and Delta Airlines are surely aware. Tough political and economic events have led to riots, crime, demonstrations, and cancellations of trips that Greg and

Midwives For Haiti Board Member and Founder of Nourish Every Child, Jennifer Burns, shares why she joined the board of Midwives For Haiti in an article for Coast Magazine

Jennifer Burns (CNM, MSN) shares her personal experiences in Haiti and what made her choose to become a member of the board of directors here at Midwives For Haiti. Read her feature in Coast magazine titled “Jennifer Burns labor of love for Haiti” written by Samantha Dunn with photography by

“After all this, integration has begun.” An Update from Haiti Written by Perrine Stock.

Perrine Stock, clinical director at Midwives For Haiti, shares an update from Haiti.

News from Haiti: February 2019

Midwives for Haiti began teaching auxiliaires in the Central Plateau of Haiti in 2006. In the last 12 years, we have trained 155 skilled birth attendants. In that training we focused on rural communities in remote areas. In 2010, we began mobile clinics, visiting 22 villages once a month. This

Volunteer story submission: Respect, dignity, support and empathy.

“Early December 2017 was a relatively quiet week as a volunteer in Hinche. I had read other volunteer’s stories, and knew that there could be a crisis at any time for a mother and baby. I was as prepared as I could be for any situation.” The students were approaching

Volunteer Highlight: Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor, midwife, visionary, educator, volunteer and so much more. Sarah is a midwife from Washington State that has been a long-time volunteer in Haiti since 2012. Along with her amazing contributions to our organization she has done volunteer work in many other third world countries around the world. Sarah

4 Times The Love: Successful Quadruplet Birth in Haiti

Photo Credit: Jessica Jordan This is the summary of an interview with Dorisca Camicile, her husband, and SBA Edlyne Lapaix (SBA) with Jessica Jordan, executive director of Midwives for Haiti and Mariot Cleophat, program director of Midwives for Haiti. The quadruplets were one and ½ months at the time of

Stories From The Heart- Challenges and Success

Photo Credit: Cheryl Hanna Truscott “I have been in Haiti for nearly 2 years with MFH and recently I have been reflecting on what I am doing here and the impact that we have in this hectic, unpredictable place. Many of you know some of the stress and heartache this

Cloth Diapers for Hinche

Along with doing amazing midwifery and volunteer work the women that we come in contact with every day never cease to amaze us. In the center of our beautiful country of Haiti is Hinche with a population of about 50,000 where an amazing project began and continues to grow. Diane