Sadabe and Taratra Reny sy Zaza are working together to host a Women's Health Workshop at Mahatsinjo, Tsinjoarivo from September 6-9, 2010. The team will include three health practitioners from Montreal: a family doctor, a midwife and a doula. We will team up with Malagasy doctors from Antananarivo (the capital city) and Tsinjoarivo (the largest town in the region) to host a grassroots workshop at Mahatsinjo, a rural village within Tsinjoarivo forest. The major aims of the workshop are to bring crucial training to the local midwives in our association, educate our members on important issues promoting women’s health (breastfeeding, prenatal care, nutrition, etc.), start a direct dialog about the needs of women at Tsinjoarivo, and provide training and equipment that will help ensure safer births and healthier women. If our health programs are successful we are hopeful that our community will have lower incidence of maternal and infant mortality, better general health (through better nutrition and preventative medicine), and family sizes that more closely match when and how many children our members seek to have.

If you would like to make a donation of funds or equipment to support this workshop, click here or email info@sadabe.org.