Maison de Naissance: ("Home of Birth") A modern, culturally appropriate maternity center delivering healthy mothers and healthy babies in Haiti.
Since October 2004, Maison de Naissance has provided FREE maternal and infant health care services in rural Haiti to those who could not otherwise afford or access them.
We have delivered over 3,500 healthy babies, and conducted more than 75,000 consultations! Click HERE for a complete set of our service statistics.
Celebrate Mother's Day with Maison de Naissance!
You can ensure that the mother's and babies we serve will continue to get the best care possible, by honoring the women in your life with a donation to MN!
Please donate now, and your contribution will be eligible for a double match!!
Either click the "Donate Now" button at the top of this page, or click HERE for a printable contribution form.
CLICK HERE to read MN's April 2012 Monthly Update
Would you like to become a Maison de Naissance 'Godparent', with regular monthly donations? If so, please consider the following regular operating costs at our birthing home:
1 Nurse Midwife/month = $775
1 Assistant Nurse/month = $300
1 Laboratory Technician/month = $320
1 cleaner or guard/month = $150
Monthly Community Health Promoter Stipend = $50
1 driver/month (staff transport and emergency referrals) = $250
Daily cost to employ all personnel (31 full-time + 8 part-time employees) = $390
Diesel x 1 day for emergency referrals and staff transportation = $50
Diesel x 1 week for emergency referrals and staff transportation = $350
Average cost of medical supplies and medications/day = $156
Average cost of medical supplies and medications/week = $1171
Average cost to operate MN x 24 hours = $767
Average cost per client visit to MN (prenatal, labor + delivery, postpartum, gynecology, reproductive health, well baby visits) = $13.80
Targeted Donation Suggestions:
- Sponsor a woman for tubal ligation: $160 per woman; surgery performed at a nearby mission hospital by an American surgeon and his Haitian apprentices; many women are on a waiting list pending funding
- Cover the costs to run MN x 24 hours (salaries, gas for ambulance and generator, client consultations and medications/materials): $767
We appreciate your interest!
CLICK HERE to read a story about KC Chief's tight end Kevin Boss in Haiti, and an interview with board member Lindsey Patterson.
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Non Profit Profile
Dekabès! Newsletter
September 2011
Maison de Naissance Foundation contact information:
5000 West 134th Street
Leawood, KS 66209
913-402-6800 ext. 650
