This is an interview with one of our students, Victoria Isabel Lopéz Lopéz, from La Agradía de la Esperanza. When I began I didn’t know anything. I wanted to serve but I was scared. I had dreams and everyone told … Read More
Stepping off the airplane in Guatemala City, we were welcomed by a warm breeze, heavy with the perfume of tropical flowers. Over the next days, we made our way first to San Lucas Tolimán to meet up with our Guatemalan … Read More
Once again, we are in the midst of getting ready to head off to the highlands of Guatemala. We are so excited to be planning our 11th “Safe Motherhood” program in the training of Traditional Birth Attendants, or “Comadronas”, as they … Read More
Annette Borkent and Ruth Brighouse, directors of the Safe Motherhood Project in Guatemala, have recently returned from a week in Guatemala from Oct. 13-18th. It was very exciting to be in Guatemala, and officially employ a trained Guatemalan midwife, Cenaida Juarez, as the … Read More
Safe Motherhood just finished a course in Guatemala for the tenth year, teaching safe birthing practices in rural Guatemala. Our Canadian team this year was made up of Ruth Brighouse (MD), Kristine Zylstra Moore and Annette Borkent. We were joined … Read More
The Safe Motherhood Project is thrilled to announce we are now officially a member-project of Rose Charities, a wonderful international charitable organization that oversees many amazing volunteer projects. We have updated our donations information to reflect this new and exciting … Read More
Once again, our time with the Mayan traditional midwives was extremely rewarding! We spent our first week in San Lucas Tolimán, the town on Lago Atitlán where we began our project 9 years ago. We taught 24 women from a … Read More
We had another very rewarding time teaching 61 traditional midwives this past Feb/Mar! We spent our first week in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan and had the help of a young doctor from the public health center who was very effective in … Read More
In Feb. 2009, we spent one week in Chirijox, a lovely Mayan town, teaching 29 traditional midwives our hands-on course. It was great to see the positive impact of our trainihg, through the smiling faces of the women as they … Read More
I’ve added a detailed history of the Safe Motherhood Project and an outline of the course we teach. Enjoy! Thanks, Annette, for writing the content on these pages. Photos should be up within the week.