Dear Ones, it has been such a difficult time in Haiti lately, and things are looking a bit bleak. As many of you probably know, Haiti is currently facing great challenges, both politically and economically. Inflation has risen to almost 20% now, and there is a serious fuel shortage, which has ground
NEWS FROM HAITI
Transitioning from mobile clinics to system static community clinic models!
I have now returned to my home base in Seattle, and there is no doubt that autumn is in the air. The leaves are beginning to change, there is a nip in the air and Starbucks has ushered us firmly into pumpkin spice season. It’s a far cry from the heavy heat
Greetings from Haiti!
I am sitting here in one of the giant rocking chairs on the porch of the Midwives For Haiti, looking out over the rooftops of Hinche, watching an approaching storm roll in from over the hills. This is my first trip to Haiti, and the highlight of my first month
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!
Keeping Calm and Carrying On
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
“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
Hope Foundation announces their call for volunteers!
As summer slides into fall in the Northern Hemisphere, there are a number of great job and volunteer opportunities from our Compassionate Birth Network. Shanti Uganda is looking for an Operations Director based in Vancouver. For details contact Executive Director, Maria Wong: maria@shantiuganda.org. Having recently visited Shanti with our Board
Hello Baby! The Littlest “Midwife” Joins Our Class
(title photo: Education Director Diane Rousseau and Lead Teacher Limone Clerveau demonstrate proper technique for a newborn exam) The students at the Nadene Brunk Eads School have been very busy in their classroom studies and clinical education since class began several months ago. The program is vigorous and challenging, but
Leading the Mobile Prenatal Clinic Home: Selpetre
It is January 23rd, 2018, and Miss Philomène Thelemaque is at Midwives for Haiti headquarters at dawn to pack up the mobile clinic; she is preparing to head out to rural Selpetre. Philomène is a graduate of the second class of the Nadene Brunk Eads School. She has worked with