Programs and Trainings
ICTC Current Programs Include:
Sistah Care Health Career Program
This is a 12 month retention program for high school female students who want to enter health fields including midwifery. Sistah Care provides academic skill-building, cultural awareness, clinical training, and community service. The program meets weekly with certificates of completion being earned by the end of the year. In some cases school elective credits are earned.Rites of Passage Midwifery Training
This is a 24 month on-line midwifery training program currently in development.Gentle Birth Education Centre
Gentle Birth Education Centre of Nigeria is a charitable organization approved by the Federal Government of Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission with clearance from the Nigerian police. Mr. Andrew I. Ewere is President and is a male midwife. His goal for his centre is to improve birth outcomes in Nigeria; to reduce maternal mortality; and to introduce the benefits of water birth and to provide prenatal education. ICTC needs your donations to help Gentle Birth purchase childbirth education supplies.Mr. Ewere can be reached at gentlebirth@hotmail.com and at gentlebirth2002@yahoo.com.
His mailing address:
Andrew I. Ewere
Gentle Birth Education Centre Nigeria, Inc./4, Eghareuba Street; Off Uwalfo Street/Off Siluko Road, P.O. Box 6324 Benin City, Nigeria.
Edna Adan Ismail Maternity Hospital
After four years of planning and construction, Edna Adan Ismail has poured her life and savings into seeing the first non-profit, teaching, maternity hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland opened in March 9, 2002. Edna Adan Ismail, the keynote luncheon speaker at our first midwifery and healers conference, is the first certified nurse midwife in Somaliland, the first woman Minister of Family and Social Welfare, which is a cabinet position. To contribute to her hospital, make contributions to:
Friends of Edna Adan Hospital/P.O. Box 2105/Maple Grove, MN 55311-9998 or phone Sandy Peterson at 763.536.8928.Full Circle Doula Certificate Training
Training to become a doula will be offered quarterly for three and one-half days. Students must meet specific requirements before registering for the course. The course will cover prenatal care, nutrition, labor and delivery coaching techniques, massage, postpartum recovery and breast feeding savvy. Upon successful completion of the program you will receive Doula Certification from ICTC. To learn more information and to register, please check our website for upcoming dates.Contact ICTC
International Center for Traditional Childbearing
2823 N. Portland Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97217
Telephone number: 503-460-9324
E-mail ICTC: ictc@comcast.net
E-mail Shafia Monroe: sistahmidwife@msn.com
Contact ICTC
International Center for Traditional Childbearing
2823 N. Portland Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97217
Phone: 503-460-9324
Email ICTC: ictc@blackmidwives.org
Email Shafia Monroe: sistahmidwife@msn.com
Donations
ICTC accepts donations all year long. We rely on your donations to provide the many services to help stop the premature deaths of babies, for midwives and those aspiring to become midwives, and much more. Please make checks payable to ICTC, PO Box 11923, Portland, OR 97211.
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