What is a freestanding birth center?A birth center is a freestanding building, not connected to a hospital, where…
On Wednesday afternoon, an older Rohingyan woman walked into the clinic where I was working with the…
Today was a great victory! With the money that a lot of you donated, we were able to bring solar power…
Mentoring the Bengali midwives has been without a doubt the sweetest part of this…
We took today off and had a tourist day.
Each day, the van picks us up at 7:45 am and we drive 1.5 hours to the camps. The drive takes us…
I finally made it to Cox’s Bazar today at 11am. It’s really hot here! And humid and dusty…
Last Tuesday evening I made the decision to go to Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh to…
When I was 11, I met my midwife. She had thick, grey hair that fell in waves all the way down her back. She was gentle and motherly. Her name was Kristin, and, for me, it was love at first sight.
It is hard to explain the feeling of meeting the person whose hands were the very first ones…
