GIFTS BEYOND THE PRESENT

Bene!tting Mothers & Babies of Maison de Naissance - Home of Birth

2013 Gift Catalog

Give this season and make a difference in the lives of mothers & babies.

If you could save a life, would you?Maison de Naissance is a maternal care center in rural Haiti dedicated to reducing maternal and infant mortality. We provide mothers with quality care, educated midwives, access to necessary treatment and a culturally supportive environment. At Maison de Naissance we have delivered thousands of healthy babies and prevented tragic maternal complications. When you donate to Maison de Naissance, you are supporting a positive future for Haitian women and children.

FREEHonor Cards

When you purchase a gi! for Maison de Naissance’s mothers and babies, you will receive a free honor card that can be mailed to your friends and family. "is card is a symbol of gratitude for your gi! and an expression to others of your support for Maison de Naissance.

A!er you have placed your order, please "ll out the contact information for the individual to whom you would like us to send your honor card(s).We will then send your honor card(s) to the contact information that you provided.

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LIFEJocelyne was pregnant. She knew that all pregnant women feel tired, but she never felt as though she was getting enough sleep. Sometimes she felt feverish as well. Her sister encouraged her to visit Maison de Naissance, which was in the nearby village of Larnage and provided modern, expert pregnancy care.

It took her another two weeks to get enough money to pay for a motorbike taxi, but she made it to Maison de Nais-sance and waited in the thatched roof courtyard for her ap-pointment. To her surprise, the sta# came out $rst thing in the morning and prayed with all of the waiting women, that their babies would be healthy and that God would guide the hands and minds of the midwives and their assistants.

Shortly a!erward, Jocelyne found herself inside, being weighed and having her blood pressure checked. As soon as she told the assistant midwife about her fatigue and fevers, she was sent to the laboratory. A test con$rmed that she had malaria, and needed treatment right away. Jocelyne was

worried; her friend’s child had been stillborn a!er her friend had malaria during pregnancy. Jocelyne received medicine for the malaria, prenatal vitamins, iron to help build up healthy red blood cells, and an appoint-ment to come back in a month. She kept looking around for where she should pay for her care, but the clerk at the front desk only smiled and told her there would be no charge.

Jocelyne continued to come to Maison de Naissance - four visits in all. She labored naturally and her beautiful daughter was brought into the world at a healthy six pounds. Jocelyn’s story would be very di#erent if not for YOUR gi! of life. Your support of our prenatal care visits, medications and lab tests, brings life to our neighbors in rural Haiti. Many, many thanks!

$105

$10Malaria Treatment & Medication =Prenatal Vitamins for One Woman =

$35Full Prenatal Care for a Healthy Delivery =

CAREThe word care can mean many things. At Maison de Nais-sance, it means that women receive counseling, education, medicines, lab tests, and loving attention every day, from expertly trained and dedicated members of our sta#. It means that these elements of caring are provided without charge, and without discrimination, to all women who come to us. "is is particularly important for women with HIV.

In Haiti, there is a stigma attached to having a positive test for HIV, and it can be di%cult for a woman to accept this news. "e counseling that accompanies this testing sets the

stage for our mothers to understand that there is hope. "ey can receive medica-tions to help keep their virus under control and prevent their baby from becoming infected.

Collaboration with the PEPFAR program in Haiti helps provide medication and the sta# necessary to expertly complete the re-cord keeping that insures all of our patients are tested, all of the positive patients are treated, and all of the HIV positive mothers are given medicine in labor to keep their babies safe.

It’s just one element of the care received at MN, but it’s a vital part of Berneice’s story. Berneice’s husband was HIV positive when they met and married, but he did not share this news with her. When she became pregnant right away, she was thrilled and went to Maison de Naissance for an early prenatal visit. She was devastated to learn that she tested positive for the virus, having had no other partners besides her husband. She felt very alone- never having known anyone who survived with HIV. A!er sev-eral visits to MN, she began connecting with the Mothers’ Club and met other women living with HIV and their healthy babies. Berneice was able to complete her course of daily medication, keep her nutrition up, pull herself out of depression, and deliver a healthy baby boy with the help of MN. Your donations kept our doors open and the lights on so that together we could save Berneice’s life, and the life of her son.

$15One Consultation =

$105Complete Series of Consultations for a Healthy Birth =

Market#e proceeds from our market items bene"t Maison de Naissance and the mothers & babies we serve.

$15.00

Baby OnesieSizes Include:Infant

6-8 Months12 Months

Hope Gives Life Tote Bag

$15.00

100% cotton canvas bag, featuring a sun/

earth/water motif and the phrase

Lespwa Fe Viv,” meaning “Hope

Gives Life.”

Front Back

Singing Rooster CoffeeA. Full City / Medium RoastB. Vienna / Medium DarkC. French / DarkD. Deca#einated

$10.00*All co$ee that is sold is ground.

Baby BibsA. BlueB. PinkC. Green

$15.00

Baby CapsA. BlueB. PinkC. Green

$15.00

$25.00

The Set - One Cap & One Bib

Color options still apply

ACCESSToday, Madeleine took her baby boy home from the hospital. Four days ago, she didn’t know if either of them would be alive by morning. Madeleine came to Maison de Naissance for a visit, because she felt sick. Her head hurt, her hands and feet were swollen, she was seeing spots, and she had pain by her rib cage. She had been warned by her midwife and her community health worker that these could be signs of preeclampsia, a severe disease which can cause seizures in the mother, bleeding from a torn placenta, and death of the baby.

"ough this was her $rst baby and she had been seen at MN only once, Madeleine knew her due date was a month o# and she wasn’t sure it was time for her baby to come. She only knew how terrible she felt. As she rode the back of her neighbor’s motorbike along the bumpy dirt roads to MN, she became worried. She wasn’t feeling the baby move as much today, and her head was hurting worse. By the time she arrived at MN, her blood pressure was very high and she began bleeding. "e assistant midwife who was seeing

her called for help, and an auxilliaire brought medication to keep Madeleine from having a seizure, while an IV was started.

Grabbing a pack of supplies for a cesarean section, the auxil-liare accompanied Madeleine in the MN ambulance to drive into Les Cayes to the General Hospital, where a cesarean section

could be performed. "anks to Madeleine recognizing the warning signs of preeclamp-sia, the quick work of the MN clinical sta#, and the expert driving of the chau#eur, she made it to the hospital in time to save her son and herself. YOUR donation to keep our ambulance in excellent repair saved Madeleine’s life, and that of her son. We can’t thank you enough!

$50$250

Take a Mother in an Ambulance to the Hospital =Five C-Section Kits =

SKILLIt takes a great team of people to keep the wonderful care going at Maison de Naissance. Our nurse midwives have the greatest responsibil-ity for providing prenatal care and consultations to the women who come through our door every day. "eir title is “In$rm-iere Sage Femme” which literally translates to Nurse Wise Woman.

"is re&ects the years of training, both in the classroom, and in the exam and delivery rooms, which they undertake to complete their profession. Nurse midwives are ably assisted by assistant midwives. Maison de Naissance

was able to send four of our assistant nurses to a training pro-gram in Hinche, run by Midwives For Haiti, to attain an assis-tant midwife title. "eir responsibilities include simple prenatal care, HIV counseling, and vaccinations.

Out in the surrounding area, our community health workers (CHW) are checking blood pressure, distributing vitamins and anti-worm medication, and educating their village neighbors about the importance of prenatal care and skilled attendance at delivery. Our lab technicians work daily to provide routine prenatal labs and HIV/ syphilis testing to every patient! All of these clinical workers are supported by administrative, clerical, facilities management, driving and cleaning sta#.

We do thousands of clinical visits every month- and it takes the whole sta# to do it. Your gi! to pay salaries for our employees is the life blood of Maison de Naissance. We can’t do it without you, so THANK YOU!

Train an Assistant Midwife =Send CHWs Out into the Community for One Day =One Day Train the Trainer Class for CHWs =

$6,750$60

$40

Haiti Immersion Trip With Global Birthing Home Foundation

Experience the strength, beauty and resilience of Haiti and its people on a one week immersion trip with an experienced guide. Your eight day itinerary will take you through the capital city, Port-au-Prince, down to the southwestern peninsula and the town of Les Cayes, the base from which you will explore this lesser known but most beautiful region of Haiti.

Your guide will take you to visit Maison de Naissance (MN), a maternity center founded by two Kansas City area physicians, and operated by GBHF. MN was praised by the Haitian minister of health as “"e standard for maternal care in Haiti”, and since 2004 has had an ever increasing role in de$ning the maternal health care standards for this region. "is is just the $rst of sever-al success stories unfolding in Haiti that you will see, all of which are partnered with MN in an e#ort to bring quality health care and advanced educational opportunities to the local population.

The Bishop Tharp Institute

Proje Espwa (Project Hope)

Maison de Filles

Port Salut

Les Cayes Marketplace

If you could save a life, would you?

Give this season and make a difference in the lives of mothers & babies

"e proceeds generated from this catalog bene$t mothers and babies in an impoverished community where they would otherwise not receive life saving maternal health care. Your gi! impacts the quality, ac-cessibility and education that we provide our women and children. Make a di#erence. Give.

Global Birthing Home Foundation is dedicated to using all donations e!ectively and appropriately to ful"ll its missions and goals. #e product descriptions in this catalog represent programs of Maison de Naissance. #e Foundation reserves the right to direct gi$s to the areas of greatest need.

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Please Make My Gi$ Anonymous I would like more information about the Immersion Trip to MN.

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Gift(s) Requested

Price QtyLIFEFull Prenatal Care for a Healthy Delivery $105Malaria Treatment & Medication $35Prenatal Vitamins for One Woman $10CAREOne Consultation $15Complete Series of Consultations for a Healthy Birth $105ACCESSTake a Mother in an Ambulance to the Hospital $50Five C-Section Kits $250SKILLTrain an Assistant Midwife $6,750Send CHWs Out into the Community for One Day $60One Day Train the Trainer Class for CHWs $40MARKET Roast/ColorTote Bag $15Baby Onesie $15Singing Rooster Co!ee $10Baby Bibs $15Baby Cap $15#e Set - One Cap & One Bib $25

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Please mail order forms and information to:Global Birthing Home Foundation

5000 West 134th Street

Leawood, KS 66209