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Childbirth Education: Unfortunately, A Luxury in Uganda
In Uganda, childbirth education is virtually unheard of, a luxury even to those who could afford it. Despite this, Megan Fleeman found...
Megan Fleeman
Sep 24, 20123 min read


Empowering Women Through Literacy in the Slums of Uganda
The Bwaise zone has an HIV/AIDS prevalence of 10%, including 103 children under the age of 15. Bwaise is a dark place, to say the least...
Ashley Moore
Sep 3, 20122 min read


Certified Midwife and Development Worker Visits GOD Community, speaks at Institute Chapel.
Recently, Vickie Penwell, founder of Mercy in Action, spoke to 25 doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, and volunteers at G.O.D. Int’...
Leafa Vagatai
Dec 7, 20112 min read


Maternal Health: Risk for Rural Indian Women
The northern state of Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in all of
India, with a staggering maternal mortality rate of 440 deat...
Deb Nava
Oct 19, 20112 min read


Plight of Young Girls in Uganda
In East Africa, one does not have to look far to recognize that women continue to endure oppression. According to the World Health Org...
Jordan Miller
Sep 9, 20112 min read


Beyond Maternal Care: Essential Education is Necessary
Elise Buckner spent 12 weeks interning with a local midwife in El Salvador. In this article she reflects on needs that go beyond prena...
Elise Buckner Gerard
Jul 29, 20113 min read


Supporting Refugee Women in Birth
In the spring of 2010, the Institute for G.O.D. Int’l started a Childbirth Education (CBE) certification program.
Brynn Buchanan
Jun 16, 20112 min read


Meeting Health Care Needs Together (American and Kenyan)
Celesta Bargatze writes a personal reflection about the overwhelming health care needs that exist in East Africa.
Celesta Bargatze
Feb 19, 20113 min read


Where Education Meets Practice: A Subculture of Better Birth
There is a passion in our organization to participate in the redemption of the childbirth process; by this we mean taking the life-giv...
Cannon Cameron
Dec 2, 20103 min read


The Crossroads of Education and Experience: Childbirth Education in East Africa
As a student at our Institute's Childbirth Education Program, I was eager to practice the knowledge and
skills I have gained in the c...
Megan Fleeman
Aug 1, 20102 min read

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