#buildingcapacity

Marie Denise Sylvestre began attending births as a matwon, traditional birth attendant, at age 9. She moved to Hinche to attend high school and then became a nurse. A teacher told her about our education program and she says: “There were 65 candidates and they only took 11. I was one of them!” She graduated in Class 3 in 2011. “Now I am much more trained in complications. I’m a skilled birth attendant wherever I go, not just at the hospital. I always keep a pair of gloves in my purse. I’ve even delivered babies at the market!” - Marie Denise is one of 156 skilled birth attendants we’ve trained over the years, or about 20% of the skilled maternity providers working in the country. According to UNFPA, Haiti only has enough skilled providers to meet the reproductive health needs of 10% of the population. We’re working to change that by #taskshifting midwifery skills to Haitian nurses. - Our graduates have a low attrition rate (meaning they stay in Haiti to work rather than emigrating) and high employment rate of about 92%. MFH grads work throughout the country, many in rural areas where their skills are desperately needed, and are hired by government hospitals, clinics, and NGOs. Thirty more students in Class 10 have just begun their 14-month course designed to meet World Health Organization guidelines. - Learn more about our programs and impact at link in bio (and help us spread the word!). ✌🏾💕 #sustainablesolutions #buildingcapacity #empoweringwomen #maternalhealth #midwives #haiti (at Hinche)

This one's for you! It's literally all about you. Because if you don't make time for yourself, to recharge your batteries, how can you help others for the long haul? Self care is a key ingredient for residency. In fact, sometimes what brings a person to thoughts of suicide is a lack of self care in their life. If you're not sure what self care is, or if you'd like some ideas, check out today's blog post (link in profile.) we've got 25 self care ideas for you. Have any for us? Leave us your ideas in the comments below. Here's to you. Because your self care, your capacity, your life matters. .. .. .. #selfcare #resiliency #caregiver #stopsuicide #buildingcapacity #selfcareideas

To my fellow young people, God has graciously given us visions that have the potential to make a positive IMPACT on the state of affairs in our families, schools, workplaces, churches, towns, countries and even the world. That is AWESOME, but we can't run (to the end) with visions if we do not have the CAPACITY! It is important to know what you carry but it is equally important to chill and invest in adding value to yourself. Let us BUILD OUR CAPACITY before we go running around with our visions. No impact without capacity!! Yes we will do great and mighty exploits, but attached to the vision should be commitment!! One of the signs you are committed to your vision is how much you invest in building your capacity to turn your vision into reality. Of course this requires a whole lot of PATIENCE but whats a whole lot of patience compared to where you are going? (Inspired by Mr. Caswel Mkanda).