Lowering the maternal and neonatal mortality rate in Haiti, one mother and baby at a time.
DonateLowering the maternal and neonatal mortality rate in Haiti, one mother and baby at a time.
No woman or child should die because of where they live.
Haiti has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the Western Hemisphere.
We’ve set out to change that. Here’s how.
MamaBaby “Haiti” International is a non-profit that runs three birth centers, health clinics, and a midwifery school in Haiti. We provide a safe place for Haitian women to receive compassionate and respectful care at the hands of skilled midwives. No one is turned away. Every morning at our birth centers, the voices of over 30 women start their day singing as they wait to be seen by the midwives. Every night you hear the rap rap rap on the gate as women come in labor to the sanctuary and safety of MamaBaby to have their babies.
Mamababy Haitian midwives attend over 1,000 births and 25,000 prenatals per year.
NO MORE “MWEN REGRÉT SA”
After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, several midwives traveled there to provide disaster relief and maternity care. They learned to say “I am sorry, your baby has died” in Creole over and over again. Realizing the huge need for midwives and access to maternity care, they committed to return and open a birth center and midwifery school to empower the families of Haiti.
Make a big difference in Haiti today.
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.
infants in Haiti do not make it to age 1.
infants in Haiti do not make it to age 1.
women in Haiti die of pregnancy-related causes, childbirth, or within the immediate postpartum period.
women in Haiti die of pregnancy related causes, childbirth, or within the immediate postpartum period.
children in Haiti die before their 5th birthday.
children in Haiti die before their 5th birthday.
MamaBaby Haiti is saving lives every day!
Featured Stories
Day 6
Day six in haiti:The day started with two mom’s laboring in the birth room and 40 women holding...
Day 4
Day Four in Haiti:Due to gas shortages we walked EVERYWHERE. I feel like I walked 10 miles today....
Day 3
Day Three in Haiti: We had an intense birth this morning and took care of many urgent birth...
