CleanBirth - Saving Mothers and Babies in Laos
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One take away from working with nurses and community health workers in Laos, is that most want more information. They want to learn and do their jobs better.
For example, when an old woman who had been a lay midwife for decades learned about the risks of applying dirt to the cord, she said “We didn’t know that. We will change.”
Education is such a powerful tool to bringing about lasting change.
Whenever I am in Laos, I am struck by the contrast between the natural beauty, the beauty of the people and the ugliness of poverty. I want to show the world that Laos is more than neglected women and babies. There is so much beauty. A rich culture and wonderful sense of family. Like all countries Laos is many things. I feel lucky to get to visit and witness such a unique and beautiful place.
The nurses and our partner organization have asked that the instruction sheet that we include with the birth kits gets an overhaul and is done with real pictures.
Today 2 high school students — one of whom is Lao — and I staged a Lao birth in my New Haven, CT yard. All in a day’s work for this maternal health advocate:)
Here’s a sneak peak at the pictures that will become the our ayzh birth kits instruction sheet.
What a great day at the East Rock Festival. We raised $250 and met awesome new supporters!
