Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
The midwives are participating in a 4 year project (2016 to 2020) that aims to contribute towards the reduction of maternal, new born, and child deaths in the province of Totonicapán, Guatemala. This project, which is one of the projects that has received funding through the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, is focused at transforming the lives of thousands of Indigenous women, children and families thorough delivery of culturally-relevant training and equipment through traditional Indigenous midwives known as “comadronas”. These midwives are receiving relevant training with the objective of creating linkages with women’s health groups and with the involvement of male Indigenous community leaders, amongst others.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
The midwives are participating in a 4 year project (2016 to 2020) that aims to contribute towards the reduction of maternal, new born, and child deaths in the province of Totonicapán, Guatemala. This project, which is one of the projects that has received funding through the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, is focused at transforming the lives of thousands of Indigenous women, children and families thorough delivery of culturally-relevant training and equipment through traditional Indigenous midwives known as “comadronas”. These midwives are receiving relevant training with the objective of creating linkages with women’s health groups and with the involvement of male Indigenous community leaders, amongst others.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
The OPSEU Social Justice Fund Board met with Indigenous midwives from Guatemala who are visiting Canada for the very first time. These midwives are members of a delegation that includes two doctors/surgeons; mainly Dr. Jorge Ariel Diaz Ordonez who is the director of the Maternal Child Health Centre and Dr. Iris Gamez, Project Coordinator. Their visit to Canada is through the Horizons of Friendship; a not for profit organization based in Toronto and its Guatemalan partner, the Association for Health Promotion, Research and Education (PIES).
The midwives are participating in a 4 year project (2016 to 2020) that aims to contribute towards the reduction of maternal, new born, and child deaths in the province of Totonicapán, Guatemala. This project, which is one of the projects that has received funding through the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, is focused at transforming the lives of thousands of Indigenous women, children and families thorough delivery of culturally-relevant training and equipment through traditional Indigenous midwives known as “comadronas”. These midwives are receiving relevant training with the objective of creating linkages with women’s health groups and with the involvement of male Indigenous community leaders, amongst others.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
The OPSEU Social Justice Fund Board met with Indigenous midwives from Guatemala who are visiting Canada for the very first time. These midwives are members of a delegation that includes two doctors/surgeons; mainly Dr. Jorge Ariel Diaz Ordonez who is the director of the Maternal Child Health Centre and Dr. Iris Gamez, Project Coordinator. Their visit to Canada is through the Horizons of Friendship; a not for profit organization based in Toronto and its Guatemalan partner, the Association for Health Promotion, Research and Education (PIES).
The midwives are participating in a 4 year project (2016 to 2020) that aims to contribute towards the reduction of maternal, new born, and child deaths in the province of Totonicapán, Guatemala. This project, which is one of the projects that has received funding through the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, is focused at transforming the lives of thousands of Indigenous women, children and families thorough delivery of culturally-relevant training and equipment through traditional Indigenous midwives known as “comadronas”. These midwives are receiving relevant training with the objective of creating linkages with women’s health groups and with the involvement of male Indigenous community leaders, amongst others.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.
The OPSEU Social Justice Fund Board met with Indigenous midwives from Guatemala who are visiting Canada for the very first time. These midwives are members of a delegation that includes two doctors/surgeons; mainly Dr. Jorge Ariel Diaz Ordonez who is the director of the Maternal Child Health Centre and Dr. Iris Gamez, Project Coordinator. Their visit to Canada is through the Horizons of Friendship; a not for profit organization based in Toronto and its Guatemalan partner, the Association for Health Promotion, Research and Education (PIES).
The midwives are participating in a 4 year project (2016 to 2020) that aims to contribute towards the reduction of maternal, new born, and child deaths in the province of Totonicapán, Guatemala. This project, which is one of the projects that has received funding through the OPSEU Social Justice Fund, is focused at transforming the lives of thousands of Indigenous women, children and families thorough delivery of culturally-relevant training and equipment through traditional Indigenous midwives known as “comadronas”. These midwives are receiving relevant training with the objective of creating linkages with women’s health groups and with the involvement of male Indigenous community leaders, amongst others.
Through the ‘Water is Life’ Symposium organized by the OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team (IMT) on March 22nd, the visiting midwives had the opportunity to meet with some Board members from the OPSEU Social Justice Fund including other invited guests to the symposium.
“We are very grateful for the financial support we received from OPSEU. This support is very important to the work we do as indigenous midwives in the Totonicapán province of the Guatemala” said Angela Antonienta Vicente.
In appreciation, the visiting midwives gifted OPSEU and the Social Justice Fund Board with a traditional bag which the midwives use to help in safe and clean deliveries. The midwives also use latex aprons which are embroidered with culturally designed fabric. Both items have been donated to the Silent Auction at Convention and the funds raised will go towards the Social Justice Fund and the Live and Let Live Fund. You are welcome to bid for these items at Silent Auction Room 104B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, at the OPSEU Convention.
“We each plan to train another 25 midwives. There is great need for well-trained indigenous midwives who are well equipped to work in partnership with the Government. We refer all difficult deliveries to the Ministry of Health but provide soothing herbs and support to pregnant mothers facing difficult child birth”, explained Nazaria Xiloj.
Both Angela and Nazaria have undergone a series of training sessions for traditional indigenous midwives in the maternal –child health centres. They are actively involved in their communities as health promoters of maternal health and immunization of children in the rural villages.