I only was walking through. I was not staying. I was bringing something to the midwives. Not staying. But I can see as I walk by that a mother is in a coma and the sister is holding her baby. The father is crying and holding his wife. I cannot
I only was walking through. I was not staying. I was bringing something to the midwives. Not staying. But I can see as I walk by that a mother is in a coma and the sister is holding her baby. The father is crying and holding his wife. I cannot
The Carrie Wortham Birth Center in rural Haiti is strategically located several hours from any paved roads or medical facilities. It is out of the way for most, but perfectly “in the way” for families that live in the hills and valleys surrounding Cabestor. Prior to building this birth center, the data
“This is how I got into the Midwives For Haiti program… When I finished nursing school I loved working maternity and pediatrics. My husband collaborated with Manno (the House Manager) when MFH arrived in Hinche. My husband was the manager at Whitney Clinic and he was the one who talked to Manno and got
By Jean Mariot Cleophat, Program Manager, Midwives For Haiti. A mule has a foal to rest its back. No matter where you are from, no matter how well educated you are, someone paid the price for you to become the person you are today. Now that I am older and
Each month a team of six midwives visits 22 remote villages in the Central Plateau of Haiti. The days are long for these midwives, but they are often longer for the women who come to see them. Most of the pregnant women who seek the care of the Mobile Prenatal Clinic walk
April 2, 2016 Midwives Eclide and Nelta will tell you- babies come when they want to come! Day or night, moms in labor turn up at the rural Carrie Wortham Birth Center seeking the skilled care, loving assurance, and medications the health center offers. Some moms walk for miles in
If you are thinking about volunteering for a trip in Haiti with us, or are already booked and getting ready for your first trip, we thought you might want to hear some advice from others who know the ropes. We posed two questions to a group of Midwives For Haiti volunteers (who have
For midwife Claudie Exume, love has everything do to with it. It is love for her Haitian sisters that compelled her to become a midwife. When she noticed a lot of women in her hometown dying in childbirth, she decided to do something about it. “I thought if I went into women’s
When I was in Haiti recently, I had the pleasure of seeing one of our newest maternity staff at Hospital Ste. Therese, Guilet Enelus, in action. Guilet is a graduate of our 7th class and this is first permanent, full-time position after graduating in 2014. When I asked Guilet how his work was going,
It has been confirmed that the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus linked to microcephaly in babies born to mothers who have been infected with Zika, is present in Haiti. According to the CDC, “About one in five people infected with Zika virus will develop symptoms, which include fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis