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My name is Tanashia Huff. I live in North Florida with my husband and three daughters. I realized at a very early age that my life's calling was to be with women during pregnancy/birth. I have humbly served hundreds of women and babies as a Labor & Delivery nurse for nearly 15 years. In the fall, I successfully completed my academic course work at the Florida School of Traditional Midwifery.
Last summer a group of my classmates volunteered at the MamaBaby Haiti birth center. They shared their experiences and their desire to return. My soul stirred and I felt a calling to join them.
My prayer is that with your financial support, I will be able to pay my volunteer fees, airfare, and provide much needed supplies for the birth center.
MamaBaby Haiti is a non-profit birth center and health clinic located in Northern Haiti. They provide a safe place for Haitian women to receive compassionate and respectful FREE prenatal, birth, postpartum, and gynecological care at the hands of skilled Haitian midwives.
This care will decrease their risk of dying from what should be a normal life event: pregnancy and birth. Haiti has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the Western Hemisphere. It is their core belief that no woman or child should ever die because of where they live.
Why free healthcare? 59% of Haitians live on less than $2.44 a day. Where there is severe poverty, mothers sometimes have to choose between food for their family or having a skilled attendant at their birth.
1 in 263 women who have a live birth die in childbirth or the immediate postpartum period, and 1 out of 14 Haitian children die before the age of 5. 98% of these deaths are preventable. MamaBaby Haiti is saving lives every single day.
In 2014, Haitian midwives attended, 5,789 prenatal appointments, 452 births, 1272 postpartum visits, and 83 family planning appointments; 2015 is proving to be just as busy of a year!
Last summer a group of my classmates volunteered at the MamaBaby Haiti birth center. They shared their experiences and their desire to return. My soul stirred and I felt a calling to join them.
My prayer is that with your financial support, I will be able to pay my volunteer fees, airfare, and provide much needed supplies for the birth center.
MamaBaby Haiti is a non-profit birth center and health clinic located in Northern Haiti. They provide a safe place for Haitian women to receive compassionate and respectful FREE prenatal, birth, postpartum, and gynecological care at the hands of skilled Haitian midwives.
This care will decrease their risk of dying from what should be a normal life event: pregnancy and birth. Haiti has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the Western Hemisphere. It is their core belief that no woman or child should ever die because of where they live.
Why free healthcare? 59% of Haitians live on less than $2.44 a day. Where there is severe poverty, mothers sometimes have to choose between food for their family or having a skilled attendant at their birth.
1 in 263 women who have a live birth die in childbirth or the immediate postpartum period, and 1 out of 14 Haitian children die before the age of 5. 98% of these deaths are preventable. MamaBaby Haiti is saving lives every single day.
In 2014, Haitian midwives attended, 5,789 prenatal appointments, 452 births, 1272 postpartum visits, and 83 family planning appointments; 2015 is proving to be just as busy of a year!