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Circle of Health International (COHI) is a global nonprofit organization that works with women and their communities in times of crisis and disaster to

ensure access to quality reproductive, maternal, and newborn care.

A Letter From Our Director

A Letter From Our Director

Conceived and formed in 2004, COHI has served more than one million women and children in nine countries.

COHI provides volunteer medical personnel to ensure safe deliveries for women in around the world. Photo by ______

Trained 50 village doctors and midwives in emergency obstetric care in Nagchu province (7 hours north of Lhasa, at 19000 feet) in midwifery. Hired a local public health trainer (staff of TPAF) who organized the trainings.

Created a safe motherhood curriculum that was adopted and implemented by the Chinese government

Thankas made by local artists used as culturally appropriate and relevant educational materials (hygiene, nutrition, washing hands, hemorrhage)

Worked with Tibetan poverty alleviation fund (TPAF), one of the few organizations in tibet staffed by locals

Within Reach: Safe Deliveries for Rural Tibetan Women

TIBET: Within Reach

● Mythloon birth center in West Bank● Waterbirth training● Ina May Gaskin● Red Crescent Hospital● Sustainability - has led to other projects and

accomplishments● Skin-to-skin project: created materials in Hebrew

and Arabic, gone to an event in Poland and spoke because they are Israelis and Palestinians working together

● Google skin-to-skin project for videos

These midwives are working on how to collaborate more effectively in Israel and the West Bank. Photo by _____

WEST BANK: Midwives for Peace

Post Tsunami Sri Lanka: Loving What's Left

● We did the one and only reproductive health needs assessment in the emergency phase

● Raised $80,000 that was in the field and accessible to our local partners within a week; gave cash grants to our local partner organizations - Home for Human Rights

● Brought a team of 8 volunteer clinicians and public health professionals for 10 days who worked in the camps delivering babies, doing prenatals, postpartums

● Trained over 500 red cross volunteers in trauma self-care

Loving What's Left

Tanzania: Teens out of trouble

Tanzania, 2006-2007● Partnered with FLEMAFA, teen pregnancy one

hour outside of Daar (look up province name)● did a needs assessment● organized, hosted and funded 2 conferences

showcasing local organizers (midwives, local govt officials, nurses working in local clinics) and local work; these people developed a strategic plan for how to reduce teen pregnancy; PTSD and childbirth and neonatal resuscitation training at the conferences

● developed and implemented a young men’s only training about their role in stopping violence against women

● gave $25,000 to build a birth center (don’t know if it was built)

● sent a group of medical students, a couple groups of public health students, a group of clinicians

These midwives are working on how to collaborate more effectively in Israel and the West Bank. Photo by _____

Sudan: Helping Hands

Sudan, 2008Association of Sudanese nurses, trained in emergency obstetric care

Building Up MidwivesPost-Earthquake Haiti, 2010-2011

● Local partners: Midwives for Haiti, Haitian Christian Mission (HCM), UNFPA (not sure of relationship)● Trained midwives with HCM who staffed the birth and still work there● Fonds Parisien, built a birth center, stocked it● Stocked a pharmacy● solar suitcases● Three half-day training sessions with 15 male clinic staff on GBV and reproductive health to equip

these men as advocates prepared to discuss these issues openly with other men in the community

Afghanistan: Delivering Innovation

Afghanistan, 2011-2012

● Afghan Midwives Association is our partner

● Pilot a birth center in Kabul we are raising $25,000 to give for this project

● Telemedicine program stemming out of the prenatal clinic in Kabul to increase access to specialty care

Jordan: Safe Haven, A School for WomenJordan/Syria, 2012-2013

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2004-2012 Funders

Financial Overview

Growth, Income and Expenses Pie Charts

2013-2018 Strategic Plan

Board and Staff

Cristin MaronaChairman of the BoardBoston, MA, USA

Cailin BurkeBoard MemberBrooklyn, NY, USA

Lyla GarzouziBoard MemberCanada

Kelly Winter, MPHBoard MemberSan Francisco, CA, USA

Sera Bonds, MPHFounder, Executive DirectorAustin, TX, USA

Michelle Jones, MBADirector of ProgramsAustin, TX, USA

Zeina Jamaleddine, MPHResponse Coordinator, Jordan/SyriaAustin, TX, USA

Meena Lenn, MPHSocial Media DirectorDoha, Qatar

Nancy BarryAdministrative ManagerAustin, TX, USA

Circle of Health International is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization.

Circle of Health International1905 Paramount AvenueAustin, TX, USA 78703

Tel: 347-712-1721Email: info@cohintl.org