Giving Back: Global

Thanks to my clients and some generous friends and family, I had the honor of serving pregnant women and birth workers in a new part of Kenya in August 2024.

Previously we have served in the slums of Mathare Valley in Nairobi, Kenya but in 2023 was asked to be a part of a trip going to southern Kenya on the border of Tanzania near Mt. Kilimanjaro. I was excited to serve the women of Oloitokitok, Kenya along with an amazing team of doulas and midwives from all over the Untied States. We also had OB residents from all over the US join us for some parts of our lessons and the clinic.

We worked on pregnancy/childbirth education, breastfeeding, cpr and general health and wellness and midwifery care. We were able to do a week of education for the community health workers and midwives. This way they can take the information we share and continue to use it to benefit the women in the community. There was also a clinic for the local moms. As always we received more than we gave. Learning from these local women who serve their moms in remote villages in mud huts was priceless. One thing we all learned, birth is universal and such a beautiful way for us all to bond and learn from one another.

Thanks to the wonderful Indianapolis birth community and my awesome church family, each mom we work with will receive nursing shirts and a newborn packet that includes baby clothes and supplies.

If you'd like to get involved in supporting moms by donating to our birth kits or other financial means, please contact me and/or you can donate through Zelle, Venmo or Paypal : Willowtreedoulaservices@gmail.com.

I'd love for you to check out our journey. You can see our trip highlights by following us on Instagram.
-Asante Sana!

Every client of Willow Tree Doula Services will be a part of helping mothers in a third world country have the opportunity to have a safer, happier and more empowered birth experience.

A percentage of each birth fee I charge will go toward helping pregnant and breastfeeding women in different parts of the country of Kenya.

March of 2018, I had the opportunity to visit the site where a birth center will be eventually built. This particular center will be in a rural area serving moms that have no access to healthcare or hospitals. When the time comes, we would love to be able to send a team of birth workers there. Until then, we will go where we are needed

The current Health Centre in Joska. It serves the boys and girls boarding school students and staff and also the local community.	Standing where the Birth Center will eventually be built.	Esther is now a mama of a beautiful baby boy. She is a social worker at the school we serve in the slums of Mathare in Kenya. Her birth experience will have been very different than one in the US. I am looking forward to seeing her again in 2023 and hearing her story.

The Birth Clinic will be built on the second story of the current Health Centre.	The view from the second floor overlooking the school grounds.	This is looking up to the second story that will house the Birth Center.
This is part of the main floor that is the Health Centre.	This is the main floor of the Health Centre. The stairs on the left will lead up to the new Birth Center.	The is the lobby area of the current Health Centre.

Giving Back: Global

The current Health Centre in Joska. It serves the boys and girls boarding school students and staff and also the local community.

Standing where the Birth Center will eventually be built.

Esther is now a mama of a beautiful baby boy. She is a social worker at the school we serve in the slums of Mathare in Kenya. Her birth experience will have been very different than one in the US. I am looking forward to seeing her again in 2023 and hearing her story.

The Birth Clinic will be built on the second story of the current Health Centre.

The view from the second floor overlooking the school grounds.

This is looking up to the second story that will house the Birth Center.

This is part of the main floor that is the Health Centre.

This is the main floor of the Health Centre. The stairs on the left will lead up to the new Birth Center.

The is the lobby area of the current Health Centre.