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A Godparent is a monthly sponsor of Maison de Naissance.
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What Does Being A Godparent Mean to You?
In Haiti, the meaning associated with a Godparent is symbolically similar to the United States’ interpreta-tion, a child’s caretaker. However, Haitians practice this relationship with a significantly stronger connotation. It is common to hear mothers and fathers referring to their Godparents as komé (co-mother) and kompé (co-father).
Kirsty Bourret, Clinical Director elaborates further, “Community ties and bonds are essential within Haitian culture. Family is extensive and unlimited in its boundaries. Accepting to be a Godparent in Haiti is a long lasting, rewarding decision. A Godmother (Marèn), a Godfather (Parèn), their Godchildren and families continually embrace this special connection, a connection as strong as family.”
For monthly donors to Maison de Naissance, we choose to evoke the same idea of a long lasting relationship by using the term Godparent. “Just as a Marèn and Parèn ensure children will have all the support they need to thrive and advance throughout their lives, your role as our extended family member will mean Maison de Naissance will have the means to thrive and advance in its goal to improve the health and well being of the mothers and babies in Haiti.”
JOIN OUR FAMILYGodparentnoun: a monthly sponsor of Maison de Naissance
With Your Support, Everything Is PossibleAn Infographic to illustrate the importance of monthly donors.
Monthly Godparent Donations
= $2,500
Where We Are Now
Monthly Godparent Donations
= $15,000
Where We Are Going
“We cannot reach women in need
without ongoing monthly giving.”
- Betsy Wickstrom,Co-Founder &
Board President
JOIN OUR FAMILY, BECOME A GODPARENT
Assistant Nurse’s Salary for ONE Month
$25/month for one year
Assistant Nurses work alongside Nurse Midwives; their responsibilities extend to the pharmacy and family planning.
Staff MN for ONE Day $390
/month for one year
MN employs 31 full-time and 8 part-time employees.
Nurse Midwife’s Salary
for ONE Year $775/month for one year
Responsibilities include primary patient care, ordering tests and prescriptions, examinations, labor and delivery, man-agement of emergency referrals, care for HIV+ pregnant women, and education.
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Run MN for 24hours $60
/month for one year
$420/month for one year
Run MN for 7days
Daily operational costs include laboratory exams and materials,vaccinations for women and children, medications and vitamins, family planning and birth control, gynecology appointments, emergency referrals, and Community Health Workers’ duties.
ONE Prenatal
Appointment $15
/month for one year
Includes all laboratory tests, examinations, education, proper medications and vitamins, and any urgent care needed for the mother.
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Ambulance Driver’s Salary for ONE Year
$250/month for one year
Provides all emergency referrals and safe transportation for our staff.
Run Our Ambulances
for ONE Month$150
/month for one year
Our ambulances require fuel and maintenance for emergency referrals, including a trained driver to deliver our mothers and babies safely to their destination.
Run a Motorbike for ONE Year
$20/month for one year
Deliver ONE Healthy Baby $10
/month for one year
Includes prenatal, delivery, postnatal care, HIV testing, family planning, well baby care, vaccinations, and additional illness referrals.
Deliver TWELVE Healthy Babies $115
/month for one year
Includes [prenatal, delivery, postnatal care, HIV testing, family planning, well baby care, vaccinations, and ad-ditional illness refferals.] X12
TWELVEC-section Kits $50
/month for one year
Provides all supplies and medications a woman will need when she is referred for a life saving C-section to the local hospital.
Includes repairs, fuel, and maintenance. Motorbikes allow access for Commu-nity Health Workers to visit homes and check on new mothers and new babies.
Dear Friends & Supporters of Maison de Naissance,
Every month, hundreds of women come to Maison de Naissance, a locally staffed birthing center in rural Haiti. As a woman walks through our door she is greeted with compassion and respect. Once inside, she has complete access to prenatal care, family planning, HIV treatment and prevention of transmission to the baby, and expert delivery care. While there is never a charge to the patient, there are considerable expenses to provide that care. Every month we face a substantial challenge to cover those expenses.
For this reason, we encourage our current friends to become sustaining donors, Godparents to Maison de Nais-sance (MN), arranging for monthly, fixed gifts to be debited from your credit card or checking account directly to Global Birthing Home Foundation, which funds MN. Through this monthly gift, which can be made using the “Donate Now” button below, you will allow us to continue this life-saving work and plan for the future. Please consider a monthly gift of whatever you are able to give.
Sincerely,
Besty WickstromCo-Founder & Board President
