Perrine Stock, clinical director at Midwives For Haiti, shares an update from Haiti.
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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
Our Best Of 2016: 7 Unforgettable Stories
A mother prays over her daughter, who suffered eclamptic seizures- an entirely preventable condition and the leading cause of maternal death in Haiti- and narrowly avoided death at 33 weeks pregnant because of the quick action of Midwives For Haiti graduates at Hospital
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
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
A LETTER TO CARRIE
Dear Carrie, I will think of you a lot this week while we are in Haiti. The events of the week will be familiar to you. Right now, it is 5 a.m. Watching the sunrise over the banana trees is one of the most peaceful moments of the day. There
Tribute To My Daughter Carrie
Spoken (and published with permission) by Edwin Wortham V Memorial Service: September 11, 2015 There are few events in this world that in the blink of an eye can bring monumental change in a person’s life forever…one’s heart, one’s soul, and their whole being, where life will never ever