Dear all our past and future volunteers and supporters! We'd just like to say thank you for being interested in our work, for coming to volunteer here in Honduras and/or for supporting and donating from afar. Sylvia Bahr
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Sylvia Bahr won the Human Rights in Childbirth Champion Award 2019
Sylvia was recently awarded the inaugural Human Rights in Childbirth Champion’s Award in recognition of her 12 years of work in Honduras for Respectful Maternity Care and raising awareness of Human Rights for the mother and the new-born during pregnancy and birth. Sylvia will be one of five Ambassadors for Human Rights in Childbirth for … Continue reading Sylvia Bahr won the Human Rights in Childbirth Champion Award 2019
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Mountain Midwives
Recently we took a trip to visit one of our rural midwife groups. We brought some donations of medical supplies for the midwives and the local health centre, and held a meeting to hear about some of the midwives’ recent birth experiences. This group have already received a number of trainings, and we were happy … Continue reading Mountain Midwives
Workshop on Upright Birth
In February, Dar a Luz Honduras held a week-long training workshop on upright birth with a group of resident doctors, intern doctors, nurses and teaching doctors, as a part of a long-term training goal for the hospital. During the workshop, participants learned about the benefits of upright birth positions, how to protect the perineum and … Continue reading Workshop on Upright Birth
Upright Birth Chairs
With funding from the German Embassy, new chairs have been developed to support different birth positions. ‘Lucia’ is an adjustable vertical birth chair that can support various birth positions (half-sitting, squatting, hands and knees). It was made completely in Honduras and comes with a metal bar and adjustable footrests for support. There are now two … Continue reading Upright Birth Chairs
Educational Materials
Here are some of our new educational posters on various topics, such as the right to drink water during labor, what constitutes obstetric violence and how to support a woman during birth. Four of the posters are also designed to go in hospital waiting rooms to help educate women about birth, including advice on how … Continue reading Educational Materials
Rainy Season and Video
by Amy Nguyen It is the beginning of my third week with Dar a Luz Honduras and the rainy season has officially begun. I have started work in a another hospital in the capital and will be attending one of the workshops that Silvia teaches there later this week. This one in particular will be … Continue reading Rainy Season and Video
Compassionate Maternity Care
by Amy Nguyen Being able to work as a doula with Dar a Luz Honduras has been an incredibly rewarding and eye-opening experience. I have been working at one of the hospitals for the past three days and already have seen how modeling compassionate and respectful care has had a large impact on the maternity … Continue reading Compassionate Maternity Care
Respectful Maternity Care for all of Honduras
by Madison Herel I am writing from Tegucigalpa, where I have been working as a doula for the past couple of weeks in one of the city's public hospitals. As a doula with Dar a Luz, my job is to be with women, offering suggestions to manage pain, reminders to relax, and encouragement: sí, sí … Continue reading Respectful Maternity Care for all of Honduras
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