• The amazing Waldorf school in Granada, Nicaragua now has a spin-off: Sacuanjoche International School,opening in August 2012 This is great news [...]

  Granada, Nicaragua: International School Opens!

  May 16, 2012
• As I think more and more about developing a project to supply mothers in Central America with clean birth kits, I am weighing the needs of women [...]

  Safe Birth: Nicaraguan Maternal Mortality

  April 15, 2011
• There seem to be interesting opportunities to work with local birth attendants and midwives in Guatemala (Midwives for Midwives and La Casa de [...]

  Safe Birth: Guatemalan Maternal Mortality

  April 4, 2011
• Fifteen hundred women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications each day. Most occur in the developing world and most are avoidable. [...]

  Safe Birth: Maternal mortality on my mind

  April 4, 2011

• I came back from Uganda full of energy and ideas.  I added volunteer yoga classes at the Ronald McDonald House and at a refugee organization [...]

  Safe Birth: More ideas than time and energy

  April 4, 2011
• Q: Why do so many women still die in pregnancy or childbirth? A: Every minute, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or [...]

  From WHO: Why do so many women die in childbirth?

  January 12, 2011