12/20/2025
When I was just 15 years old, I watched my aunt die in childbirth.
She was in labor with twins. I walked with her to the hospital, carrying her small suitcase on my head. When we arrived, they turned us away. We did not have money to pay.
“Go back. Go back,” they told her.
So we did.
On the walk home, my aunt could not go any farther. She delivered her first baby on the side of the road. She was bleeding, but she kept walking. My mother carried the newborn the rest of the way.
When we reached home, my aunt delivered her second baby. The bleeding did not stop.
I was a child. I did not understand what was happening. But when I saw my mother cry, I cried too.
My aunt died that day.
This is a painful story to share. But it is important. Because this is not rare in Haiti. And because it is preventable.
As a Haitian teenager, I made a promise to myself. I would do everything in my power to make sure no other woman would die the way my aunt did.
I became a midwife.
Eleven years ago, I joined MamaBaby Haiti. Today, our midwives provide free, respectful, life saving care to mothers and babies who have nowhere else to turn.
At MamaBaby Haiti, no woman is ever turned away.
Not because she is poor.
Not because she cannot pay.
Not because she arrived too late.
And that is why your support matters so deeply.
Every day, women come to our doors in labor. Some have walked for hours. Some arrive already in danger. Without enough staff, supplies, and resources, we cannot care for every mother who needs us.
With your support, we can.
🌱 Mothers survive childbirth
🌱 Babies are born safely
🌱 Children do not lose their mothers
🌱 Families stay whole
A gift of $25, $50, or any amount helps provide skilled midwives, clean birth supplies, and emergency care for women who would otherwise have none.
Please give today. The need is urgent, and the lives are real.
🌱 Donate here: https://mamababyhaiti.org/donate
Thank you for standing with Haitian mothers. Thank you for choosing compassion. Thank you for helping us make sure no girl has to watch her aunt die on the side of the road.
With gratitude,
Carmelle Moise
Midwife and Director
MamaBaby Haiti Lascahobas Birth Center
P.S. Every day we wait, more women arrive in desperate need of care. Your generosity today can mean a safe birth tomorrow.
