Happy Mother’s Day! It was a lot harder finding a mother related non-profit organization to feature today than I thought it would be, but luckily I came a cross the Family Health and Birth Center in Washington, DC. They are “a full scope birth center providing prenatal, birth, postnatal, gynecological and primary health care to women and their families,” and since what they do is all about motherhood, they’re a perfect fit for today. The reason that the Family Health and Birth Center exists is that there are often high rates of infant and maternal mortality in low-income areas. That is unacceptable for a country as advanced as the United States, so Ruth Watson Lubic, “an experienced nurse-midwife and health care reform advocate,” decided to do something about it.

Making the Road to Motherhood Safer

We, as children, often forget how dangerous and difficult it can be for our mothers to bring us into the world. Luckily, there are organizations like Family Health and Birth Center that can make it safer. They offer a wide array of services that can help women in the DC area not only become mothers safely, but also start on their way to being good mothers. If you’d like to consider a job at Family Health and Birth Center, you’ll have to get a little bit creative. They don’t currently have any jobs posted, but they do offer internships and volunteer opportunities. They also have a detailed staff page, so if you take the information on those two pages together, you should be able to prepare yourself well to make a cold call. Your Mom will be proud.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• YourFHBC.org
• Opportunities at Family Health and Birth Center
• About Family Health and Birth Center
• Staff at Family Health and Birth Center
• Family Health and Birth Center’s Services

Did you wish your Mom a Happy Mother’s Day?

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