Midwives for Haiti

Midwives for Haiti We are fighting maternal and infant mortality in Haiti. Join us.
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Midwives For Haiti educates Haitian nurses to be skilled birth attendants and then empowers them to reach the women who need their care. By scaling health worker capacity within Haiti, we are reducing maternal and infant mortality and creating sustainable change for our graduates and the families they serve. Our 5 health programs are run by and for Haitians and supported by international medical volunteers and staff.

After four incredible years with Midwives for Haiti, we are saying goodbye to our Clinical Operations Director, Katie Au...
07/14/2026

After four incredible years with Midwives for Haiti, we are saying goodbye to our Clinical Operations Director, Katie Augustin.

Katie has been a driving force behind strengthening our programs, supporting our clinical teams, and expanding access to safe, compassionate maternity care throughout Haiti. Her leadership, dedication, and unwavering commitment to our mission have left a lasting mark on our organization and on the many midwives she has mentored, trained, and supported along the way.

While we are sad to see her go, we are incredibly grateful for all she has given to Midwives for Haiti. The impact of her work will continue to be felt for years to come through the midwives, mothers, and families she has served.

Please join us in thanking Katie for her four years of service and wishing her all the best in this next chapter. Once a part of the Midwives for Haiti family, always a part of the Midwives for Haiti family.

Thank you, Katie. You will be deeply missed!

One of our favorite things happened during this Spring Campaign.As we prepared to close the campaign, many of you reache...
07/14/2026

One of our favorite things happened during this Spring Campaign.

As we prepared to close the campaign, many of you reached out asking if you could continue giving specifically toward this effort. We were so touched that we decided to leave it open just a little longer, and because of your incredible generosity, we’re a little late sharing the final results.

Together, you raised an amazing $45,999!

To everyone who gave, shared our mission, and encouraged others to join in, thank you. Every dollar raised helps Midwives for Haiti continue training skilled birth attendants and providing compassionate, culturally congruent maternity care to mothers and babies across Haiti.

Thank you for believing in this work and for helping make this campaign such a success. We are so grateful to have you as part of the Midwives for Haiti family. 🩷

Now that’s a delivery worth celebrating 🧡Our team picked up 60 boxes of midwifery kits for our midwives, and we could no...
06/24/2026

Now that’s a delivery worth celebrating 🧡

Our team picked up 60 boxes of midwifery kits for our midwives, and we could not be more grateful to our incredible partners at Direct Relief for making this possible.

When partners show up like this, our midwives can keep showing up for mothers and babies across Haiti.
Thank you, Direct Relief!

This week, our Executive Director, Jane Drichta, attended the International Confederation of Midwives conference, joinin...
06/19/2026

This week, our Executive Director, Jane Drichta, attended the International Confederation of Midwives conference, joining maternal health leaders from around the world.

One of the highlights was reconnecting with longtime partners, including Paulina Ospina from Direct Relief and Melissa Gardella from Every Mother Counts, while also building new relationships with organizations committed to improving maternal health globally.

Jane also had the opportunity to present a case study on Elane, a patient from Kay Manman Yo, our high-risk maternal waiting home. After suffering eclamptic seizures at 36 weeks pregnant and undergoing an emergency cesarean section, Elane experienced a severe mental health crisis. Through a whole-person approach to care that addressed her physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being, our team supported her recovery, and she was ultimately reunited with her baby.

Sharing stories like Elane’s is what transforms local experiences into global impact. By bringing Haiti’s stories to the international stage, we help shape conversations around maternal health, learn from our peers, strengthen partnerships, and advocate for the care every mother deserves.

We are grateful for the opportunity to represent Haiti and stand alongside midwives and maternal health leaders from around the world.

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We are so excited to celebrate Midwives Miss Emmanuela and Miss Anna!Last month, they participated in a weeklong trainin...
06/15/2026

We are so excited to celebrate Midwives Miss Emmanuela and Miss Anna!

Last month, they participated in a weeklong training hosted by the Dalton Foundation, where they learned to lead Psychological First Aid seminars in their communities.
Over the next year, they will conduct eight trainings, focusing especially on supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haiti’s Central Plateau.

This is an incredible opportunity to expand the impact of our midwives beyond maternity care and bring additional support, compassion, and resources to families facing difficult circumstances.

Congratulations to Miss Emmanuela and Miss Anna on this achievement. We can’t wait to see the difference they will make in the year ahead!

Community outreach is a core value of Midwives for Haiti. Through CPR training, we equip individuals with lifesaving ski...
06/08/2026

Community outreach is a core value of Midwives for Haiti. Through CPR training, we equip individuals with lifesaving skills that can make a difference in emergencies while promoting health education and community empowerment. Every class helps strengthen communities and supports our work to improve maternal and newborn healthcare in Haiti.

Happy Haitian Mother’s Day! 💙❤️Today, we’re celebrating the incredible mothers of Haiti and the strength, love, and dete...
05/31/2026

Happy Haitian Mother’s Day! 💙❤️

Today, we’re celebrating the incredible mothers of Haiti and the strength, love, and determination they bring to their families and communities every single day.

It’s also the final day of our spring campaign, We Hold the Line: Built by Midwives, Backed by Community, and we’re excited to share that together we’ve already raised $31,000 toward our $40,000 goal!

That means we’re just $9,000 away.

What an amazing reminder of what a community can accomplish when we come together behind mothers, babies, and the midwives who care for them.

To everyone who has donated, shared a post, sent an encouraging message, or cheered us on along the way: thank you. You are helping ensure that mothers across Haiti have access to skilled care, safe deliveries, and someone by their side when it matters most.

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect day to give, today is it.

Let’s celebrate Haitian Mother’s Day by finishing strong and closing the final $9,000 together.

Together, we hold the line.

Donate today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/midwivesforhaiti/

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☀️Message from our Executive Director:For seven years, in my tenure at MFH, you have made this work possible. And we nee...
05/29/2026

☀️Message from our Executive Director:

For seven years, in my tenure at MFH, you have made this work possible. And we need you more than ever.

We are $18,000 short of our goal with three days left. That is nearly half of what it takes to keep our doors open, our midwives paid, and women in Haiti receiving the care they deserve.

This has been the hardest funding year in our history. The ground shifted under organizations like ours, and the money that used to steady this whole field is gone. I know things are tight for a lot of you too.

So I won’t pretend this is easy to ask. But here is what your gift holds up:

Women laboring safely at the Carrie Wortham Birth Centre. High-risk mothers with a roof over their heads at Kay Manman Yo. More than 300 women screened this season for preventable cancer through Li Viv. And clinics across Haiti welcoming the women who have nowhere else to go.

$50 screens a woman who has never been screened. $250 funds a full day of outreach. Every dollar before the end of the month goes straight to the women walking through our doors next week.

Give at the link in bio: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/midwivesforhaiti/ And if you can’t give, sharing this post is its own kind of showing up.

Thank you for being someone who shows up. It means everything to the women we serve, and to all of us at Midwives for Haiti.

Marie came to us from our Cornerstone Clinic in Bokbonik with a hemoglobin of 4 and seven children waiting for her at ho...
05/27/2026

Marie came to us from our Cornerstone Clinic in Bokbonik with a hemoglobin of 4 and seven children waiting for her at home.

To put that in perspective, a healthy pregnant woman should have a hemoglobin level around 11 or 12. Below 7 is considered severely anemic. Four is the kind of number that makes a midwife’s stomach drop. It means even a routine delivery could turn dangerous, fast.

Our team immediately referred her to Kay Manman Yo, our high-risk maternal waiting home, where she could be monitored closely and cared for around the clock.
During her intake, an ultrasound revealed a second complication.

Twins.

Already carrying a dangerously low blood count, Marie was now carrying two babies, doubling the strain on a body already at its limit.

She needed a blood transfusion, but there was no blood available in the bank. There often isn’t. In many places, that would have been the end of the options.
But not here.

Our midwives adapted. Marie was admitted to Ste Thérèse, where she was started on oral iron and vitamin C and closely monitored by her Midwives for Haiti team. They visited multiple times a day and provided three nourishing meals daily to support her recovery.

A few days later, Marie went into labor and delivered both babies vaginally.

Today, she is back at Kay Manman Yo recovering with her babies beside her. In just two weeks, her hemoglobin has risen from 4 to 9.

The midwives who caught her condition in Bokbonik. The team who referred her before it was too late. The staff who stayed beside her, fed her, monitored her, and believed her body could do this.

They are the reason this mother and her babies are alive today.

And you are part of that reason too.

This is what it means to hold the line.

With one week left in our spring campaign, we are working to raise the remaining $20,000 of our $40,000 goal so our midwives can continue providing this level of care to mothers like Marie every single day.

Help us hold the line.

Donate today:
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/midwivesforhaiti/

05/25/2026

We Hold the Line: $20,000 in 7 days. We’ve got this!

We’re halfway through our spring campaign and have raised $20,000 toward our $40,000 goal. With just one week left, we’re asking our community to help us close the gap.

Because the need is not slowing down.

More mothers are arriving. More pregnancies are high-risk. More families are depending on a system that only works because people like you stand behind it.

Our midwives are holding that line every single day, catching babies in the middle of the night, responding to emergencies, and making sure no mother is left alone when it matters most.

To everyone who has already given: thank you. You are part of every safe delivery and every life touched through this work.

If you haven’t yet, this is the moment.

Let’s finish this together. Let’s hold the line.

Donate today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/midwivesforhaiti/

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