Mother Health International's Earth Birth Centers
We currently have two centers: Soley Lavi in Jacmel, Haiti and Ot Nywal Me Kuc in Atiak, Uganda. Each is a high volume birth center that provides care to women in areas of the world where infant and maternal mortality is the highest.
Earth Birth Centers are country-specific maternity centers run by local midwives that Mother Health International helps to build and support structurally and philosophically.
Earth Birth Centers are country-specific maternity centers run by local midwives that Mother Health International helps to build and support structurally and philosophically.
We view access to reproductive health care as a basic human right.
Displaced women, disaster survivors, war survivors and the very poor are
disproportionately affected by maternal and infant mortality. Amnesty
International recommends birth centers as part of the solution to the
crisis in maternity care.
Creating spaces where women can access comprehensive care and also join in community restoration efforts is intrinsic to our mission. Our outcomes make it clear that our model works to reduce maternal and infant mortality. Simultaneously, we are combating the violence and trauma that women often experience giving birth in overcrowded and understaffed hospitals.
When women do not see pregnancy as a potential death sentence they take care of themselves and their children differently. Our model allows women to participate actively in their daily health care. Women are treated with respect and given one-on-one attention.
Creating spaces where women can access comprehensive care and also join in community restoration efforts is intrinsic to our mission. Our outcomes make it clear that our model works to reduce maternal and infant mortality. Simultaneously, we are combating the violence and trauma that women often experience giving birth in overcrowded and understaffed hospitals.
When women do not see pregnancy as a potential death sentence they take care of themselves and their children differently. Our model allows women to participate actively in their daily health care. Women are treated with respect and given one-on-one attention.
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Soley Lavi
Jacmel, Haiti 
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Ot Nywal Me Kuc
Atiak, Uganda 
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