A consumer-based grass-roots organization dedicated to promoting and protecting midwifery in Florida. Our members are families, midwives, students and birth advocates committed to organizing the community to support midwives and to assure the continued availability of midwifery care throughout Florida.
Midwives for Haiti is a non-profit organization that was founded by Nadene Brunk, Certified Nurse Midwife. This Virginia based 501c3 organization was founded in 2004. Since its inception, Midwives for Haiti has provided Haitian women with the proper education and tools to keep women and babies safe during the birthing process.
Lack of proper prenatal care and skilled birth attendants makes Haiti the most dangerous place in the western hemisphere to have a baby. In Haiti 48 of 1,000 infants die during birth and 520 of 100,000 women die during labor. These statistics are detrimental to the social development and well-being of so many families in Haiti.
Midwives and Clinicians from all around the world come together through Midwives for Haiti and teach Haitian women proper prenatal care and teach the skill of being a proper birth attendant.
Midwives for Haiti depends on volunteers and donations to continue to help so many in that part of the western hemisphere. If you’d like to contribute in any way, please visit www.MidwivesforHaiti.org, or follow them on Facebook.
Bumi Sehat Haiti is currently looking for Midwives skilled and willing to volunteer their time in Haiti. They especially need volunteers during July through September 2010.
They are a village based clinic, established in response to the earthquake in January 2010. Their primary focus is maternal and infant needs in Jacmel, Haiti. Bumi Sehat Haiti is helping to provide access to high quality health services to Haiti’s women—a population that has faced a disproportionate burden of disease well before the January earthquake. Maternal mortality rates are shockingly high—670 deaths per 100,000 births. In comparison, the U.S. maternal mortality rate is 11 deaths per 100,000 births, according to World Health Organization statistics. BSH's clinic in Jacmel, is active and busy, with hundreds of women seeking prenatal, birth and postpartum care. Women from surrounding tent camps and shelter's are encouraged to come for free health care.
The need is great and the people are hopeful. Please find us at www.bumisehatbali.org and follow the links for further information on volunteering.
Items for On-Line Auction-Need for Financial Support for Haiti
It has been five months to the date that the earthquake happened in Haiti that devastated 60-80% of Jacmel where the Bumi Sehat birth clinic is located. Thanks to supporters, the clinic is up and running and is steadily busy with births and prenatals as well as educational classes for mothers. The clinic is in need of funds to support the women of Jacmel.
Bumi Sehat is holding an on-line auction to raise funds for a few projects at the clinic site in Haiti. They are looking for artwork, jewelry, gift certificates (preferably nationally recognized stores as the auction will be available to anyone in the US), airline tickets, etc. to be donated for this auction. Please contact Heather Maurer at embracethegoddess@yahoo.com if you have an item to donate.
Purchase a Bumi Box
Bumi Boxes are still available for purchase to support birthing mothers and will need to be bought on a continuous basis to support new birthing mothers. They contain all the supplies for each birthing woman and her new born baby.
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