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WE WELCOME YOU TO MIDWIFE INTERNATIONAL!
Supporting midwives around the globe is more important than ever, and we need your help!
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE MIDWIVES
More than 58 countries lack enough qualified midwives to provide timely access to skilled healthcare for mothers and infants. Our solution is to train midwives who are equipped to work in resource-constrained regions where maternal and child mortality is high and the need for professional midwives is greatest. Midwife International partners with established clinics and professional midwives to provide leadership and midwifery training opportunities abroad. While each host site offers a unique educational experience, our students are connected internationally through a …show more content…
In pregnancy our bodies sustain life. At the breast of women, the generations are nourished. From the bodies of women flows the relationship of those generations both to society and the natural world. In this way the earth is our mother, the old people said in this way we as women are earth.”
— Katsi Cook, Mohawk Midwife
The Need
Thriving mothers create thriving children, and ultimately, a thriving world. Yet nearly 800 women die every day from pregnancy and birth related causes, causing community trauma and adversely impacting the nutrition, education, and overall well-being of families. Further, ten million infants and children die each year before their fifth birthday; 99% of these deaths occur in developing nations. Infant mortality takes away society's potential physical, social, and human capital.
JOIN US!
Supporting midwives around the globe is more important than ever, and we need your help!
Featured Project
Help us raise $25,000 to support Association Manos Abiertas (AMA), a full-service women's health center, natural birth clinic and professional midwifery school serving mothers and families in Guatemala.
Interested In Helping To Critical Raise Funds?
Learn more about how you can volunteer or engage your community to raise money that supports Midwife International. Contact us today! We’ll be happy to serve
WE WELCOME YOU TO MIDWIFE INTERNATIONAL!
Supporting midwives around the globe is more important than ever, and we need your help!
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE MIDWIVES
More than 58 countries lack enough qualified midwives to provide timely access to skilled healthcare for mothers and infants. Our solution is to train midwives who are equipped to work in resource-constrained regions where maternal and child mortality is high and the need for professional midwives is greatest. Midwife International partners with established clinics and professional midwives to provide leadership and midwifery training opportunities abroad. While each host site offers a unique educational experience, our students are connected internationally through a …show more content…
In pregnancy our bodies sustain life. At the breast of women, the generations are nourished. From the bodies of women flows the relationship of those generations both to society and the natural world. In this way the earth is our mother, the old people said in this way we as women are earth.”
— Katsi Cook, Mohawk Midwife
The Need
Thriving mothers create thriving children, and ultimately, a thriving world. Yet nearly 800 women die every day from pregnancy and birth related causes, causing community trauma and adversely impacting the nutrition, education, and overall well-being of families. Further, ten million infants and children die each year before their fifth birthday; 99% of these deaths occur in developing nations. Infant mortality takes away society's potential physical, social, and human capital.
JOIN US!
Supporting midwives around the globe is more important than ever, and we need your help!
Featured Project
Help us raise $25,000 to support Association Manos Abiertas (AMA), a full-service women's health center, natural birth clinic and professional midwifery school serving mothers and families in Guatemala.
Interested In Helping To Critical Raise Funds?
Learn more about how you can volunteer or engage your community to raise money that supports Midwife International. Contact us today! We’ll be happy to serve