Project MAMA is a registered charity based in Bristol launched in March 2018 that offers free, confidential and individual-focused holistic support to women throughout pregnancy, labour and childbirth, and those first few weeks of parenthood. We currently support pregnant refugees, asylum-seekers, survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking and other displaced women. We focus on this demographic because of the extreme difficulty women can have accessing the NHS, the language barriers they face and the extreme social isolation they may experience. Project MAMA is a hive of midwives, activists, doulas and birth companions who form a peer network of skills, support and solidarity for women and their children. Our ethos is to encourage independence and bolster natural resilience women have by providing a safe and nurturing space to unpack ideas and wishes around birth & support in early motherhood. We are a sisterhood network, promoting a women’s right to choose and we facilitate community. We promote an understanding of a woman’s rights and entitlements surrounding maternity healthcare in these challenging times.
