On February, 4, 2018, Midwives For Haiti had the honor of graduating 31 new skilled birth attendants for Haiti. Here are just a few of the photos from that special day… And last but not least, this 27-second
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On February, 4, 2018, Midwives For Haiti had the honor of graduating 31 new skilled birth attendants for Haiti. Here are just a few of the photos from that special day… And last but not least, this 27-second
Friends- It is with a heavy heart that we share this tragic news. Last night, one of our students, Guerline Adeka, 36, passed away from complications of childbirth. Guerline was born on September 4, 1981, in Port-Margot, Haiti. She was a registered nurse and joined our 9th class
Friends- My mother was a matwòn, a traditional midwife with no formal training and I grew up observing births. In Haiti there are too many women who die from lack of skilled care. I wanted to learn how to save their lives. I first became an auxiliare nurse. While I was
Here’s our best of 2017, from social media to stories from Haiti: 1. Nevertheless, she persisted. Our Founder and Executive Director receives the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Nurse Midwives. Watch the introduction and Nadene’s emotional speech. 2. Nevertheless, midwives persisted. The Carrie Wortham
There have been two maternal deaths here in the past two weeks. There have been just as many near misses. There are women at the hospital right now whom might soon fall into either of the above categories. There have been several sets of twins born, several normal births, many
This Small Business Saturday, when you support the following businesses, Midwives For Haiti will get a portion of the proceeds. Happy shopping! 1. Wildflower & Oak: For every gorgeous baby blanket you buy, they donate a Clean Delivery Kit so that a rural
“You are going to see the real Haiti”, they told me. So here I am in Cabestor. Beautiful, lush, green farmland. Trees. Friendly people. Super sweet kids. Farm animals everywhere. Motos. Kompa music and Creole voices calling out, laughing, singing. Roosters crowing. I think this will be an amazing
You might have heard the beautiful news that our Executive Director, Nadene Brunk, and our Medical Director, Dr. Steve Eads, got married last week! Nadene and Steve have dedicated much of the past ten years to Midwives For Haiti, and somewhere along this journey, they fell in love! It was
1. “I saw a lot of women who died during delivery, but I did not know how to help them.” “Regulus was trained through a program operated by Midwives for Haiti. With funding from Every Mother Counts, a New York-based nonprofit founded by Christy Turlington Burns, and other donors, the
Many supporters have reached out to us for news about Hurricane Irma as it approached Haiti. As we saw last year from Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, with it’s fragile infrastructure, is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. We were deeply concerned about Irma– and prepared for the worst. We are relieved to