Hello Margaret,
Birth International has been able to provide some teaching resources for
projects like these in various countries. I have also given permission for
some of the illustrations on our own products (charts etc) to be slightly
re-drawn to better fit the looks of local women and I already have some
illustrations that have been modified to look more Asian.
If we can help you in any way, please let me know. It is so important that
we help women and midwives in these places to have better birth
experiences. It is fantastic that you are able to help them - they couldn't
get a better person to help!
Warm regards
Andrea
At 02:34 PM 19/06/2005, you wrote:
Dear All,
I am a Midwife and Childbirth Educator working on the Central Coast of
NSW. I went to East Timor in May, after hearing that their mortality rate
is 100 times that of Australia! Only 10% of the women birth with a
trained professional present. Many birth alone, or with an untrained
relative or friend. There are village women who assist with births in the
remote villages. One village I visited was a 9 hour bus trip from Dili
(just 180 kms away).
I have been asked to provide some training for these women in the remote
villages so that they are able to better care for these women and reduce
the poor outcomes, and to be able to recognise problems during the
pregnancy so that they can be moved into Dili before birth.
I am working on a training package at present, which will need to be
translated into Tetum. The training will take place at a Clinic in Dili
where there are about 60 births / month. I also need to become more
fluent in their language - Tetum. I will return to East Timor either
later this year, or early next year.
This is a voluntary venture, and the training will be provided free of
charge for the village women, with accomodation included. I will be
looking for sponsorship for this as well as resources for these women to
use in their villages at the completion of the training. It is
anticipated that this will be on-going, with maybe two trips / year to
check and see how they are going and provide more training. There are 5
women interested in the training at present.
If there is anyone who may have an interest in assisting with this
training, or assisting in some way, or would like to know more, please
contact me via email.
Regards,
Margaret
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