People often ask me “Is Haiti getting better?” My answer is alway a resounding “Yes!” Granted, Haiti still has severe struggles with bad driving, poverty, pollution, a countryside stripped of its tropical forest, people at all education levels working hard at escaping to another country, a social mindset of violent
Tagged as: mothers
AT A REMOTE PRENATAL CLINIC, A BABY IS BORN
A seemingly typical day is under way for the Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) trained by Midwives for Haiti. Their vehicle is loaded and departs from the town of Hinche. It’s a specially equipped Land Cruiser able to ford streams, climb steep, rutted dirt roads, dodge goats, dogs, donkeys and motorcycles as it
Why We Do This Work
Imagine that you are a Haitian woman. Your name is Carmina, and you live in Haiti about one hour from the border of the Dominican Republic and two hours from the nearest hospital in Hinche. You are pregnant and you have been in labor all day and are exhausted. You
12