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Midwives on Missions of Service

Gualala, California

Cause Description:
We improve maternal health by teaching women to care for other women. Our focus is on Sierra Leone, locale of the infamous "Blood Diamond" war. We work with the traditional birth attendants, teaching them to teach the other women about sanitation, nutrition, and family planning. We also teach prenatal care, safe delivery techniques, and postnatal care. To help them in their role as community health worker and change agent, we provide micro-grants for special projects, such as creating a ground-nut garden to provide protein for malnourished pregnant women. We have no paid staff in the United State, relying entirely on volunteers to reduce overhead. Volunteers pay their own way on our trips to Sierra Leone. We provide a living wage to our Sierra Leonean staff who translate for us, follow up with the groups we've trained to help resolve problems and provide ongoing support, coordinate with national and local officials, and generally administer the program in country.

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