Keep the Song Alive!

Imagine… Imagine a song so sacred, so powerful, that when sung, it brings tranquility, patience and health to the people. This song, known to the Tarahumara as Yumari, brings the rains and produces the harvest. Yumari weaves the fabric whereby the people and Nature are one. Yumari is our manner of prayer to connect the…

Mexico Aims To Save Babies And Moms With Modern Midwifery

In Mexico these days, the majority of babies are born in hospitals. That hasn’t helped reduce the number of maternal deaths, though. So health officials are re-making the centuries-old tradition of midwifery. They are betting a new kind of midwife, one trained in a clinical setting, can offer a solution. At a newly opened school…

Curanderismo: Traditional Medicine

  This online course will provide information on the history, traditions, rituals, herbs and remedies and video demonstrations of Curanderismo, a folk healing tradition of the Southwestern United States, Latin America and Mexico.  The course will be divided up into thematic modules such as traditional plants, body cupping, traditional massage, juice therapy, energetic cleansings, laugh…

IN CELEBRATION OF MIDWIVES: Serving Around the World

Midwives For Haiti educates Haitian women by providing prenatal care and skilled birth assistance to their fellow Haitian sisters, who too frequently die in childbirth without such care. Film by Dina Maria Munsch Still Photography: Maria Iorillo Copyright 2010 Midwivesforhaiti.org Vote for Ibu Robin Lim CNN HERO Mama UmmSalaamah Midwives on the Move: Abura Dunkwa…