https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies daily 0.75 2020-10-09 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/8h9rxv0scsfldccdc9djx0lhbv8urd monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/mara-martina-lucero monthly 0.5 2020-09-30 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/nbspmara-higinia-hernndez-patricia monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/natividad-escobar-de-henriquez monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/reina-marlenis-escobar-figueroa monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/vilma-coreas-guzmn monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/vicenta-martnez monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/blog-post-title-two-lpha8 monthly 0.5 2020-10-09 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/blog-post-title-three-k3z7t monthly 0.5 2020-10-09 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/partera-testimonies/blog-post-title-four-pbzaj monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://www.cuidandoalas.org/home daily 1.0 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1601482967250-45ZOHLHMPY7IZMVUTHIJ/CLQNC_logowithletters.jpg Home - “Cuidando a las que nos cuidan” is a collective created to generate ongoing support for women in El Salvador who fight to keep the Indigenous language, Náhuat, and the traditional practice of partería (midwifery) alive. This effort emerges from seeing a common struggle between native Náhuat-speaking women (Najnantzin Tamatxtiani) of the Cuna Náhuat and parteras (midwives) of the Asociación de Parteras Rosa Andrade. Both groups have fought cultural repression their entire lives, and are of the last generation to hold ancestral wisdom that is critical to the cosmovision of the Salvadoran people. We are building a network of solidarity to organize, fundraise, and visibilize the work of these women, who take care of their communities by taking care of our culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600474737045-U4QCXT78MD9GFEWOCIN7/Patty%2B4.jpg Home - Parteras use plant medicine and decades of experience to care for pregnant, birthing and postpartum people and their babies. Because parteras have been increasingly pushed out of the public healthcare system in El Salvador, this cultural tradition is now in danger of being lost to future generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600111870726-AGNQIDFB0WFGE9IUYJGU/CLQNC.jpg Home - Najnantzin Tamatxtiani use their native language and worldview to teach children about their Indigenous roots and how to live in harmony with the natural world and with one another. Náhuat is the last of eight Indigenous languages to survive in El Salvador. It is estimated that there are less than seventy native speakers still alive, most of whom are elderly women. https://www.cuidandoalas.org/najnantzin/nativespeakers daily 0.75 2021-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600128234662-6872P72YABTYI2YMVN3B/Andrea.jpg NAJNANTZIN / NATIVE SPEAKERS - La Cuna Náhuat In 2010 Dr. Lemus, a linguistics anthropologist, helped the Najnantzin Tamatxtian create the Cuna Náhuat, which is an early language immersion program for children ages three to five from the Indigenous community. This program works to revitalize our Náhuat-Pipil culture by creating new generations of native speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600128336791-IBTEETMLBB4ILLD55D6S/LuzTobar_5.jpg NAJNANTZIN / NATIVE SPEAKERS - Nantzin Tamatxtian Julaina Ama Juliana de Chile Ama is a key organizer of the Cuna Náhuat, she has been one of the directors of the program since its conception. She has been working on revitalizing the Náhuat language, alongside Dr. Lemus, for decades. Julian is a spiritual leader and has been fighting for Indigenous rights her entire life. She is also the great-granddaughter of Jose Feliciano Ama, an indigenous leader of the 1932 uprising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600128811092-CETP7511IUXP12BDZQNC/Maria.jpg NAJNANTZIN / NATIVE SPEAKERS - Nantzin Tamatxtian Maria Danisa We lost Nantzin Tamatxtian Maria Danisa Garcia in 2020. Her death was a tragic surprise to the community and a reflection of the lack of proper healthcare available to the Indigenous people of El Salvador. Maria’s sudden death and the current pandemic have made the needs of our Náhuat elders even more evident. https://www.cuidandoalas.org/parteras/midwives daily 0.75 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1607996763202-7ZU8S989J1RFXTYUBKQ1/Copy+of+DSC03851.jpg PARTERAS / MIDWIVES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600457417438-7NX3YGDHJ9OPG6Q9PDGQ/IMG_1305.PNG PARTERAS / MIDWIVES - Giving life to post-war communities When ex-guerrilla fighters and refugees began to repopulate the municipality of Suchitoto, Cuscatlán at the end of the war, building communities with the scarce resources available to them, the midwives continued attending births. At this time, the only hospital in the municipality was completely inaccessible to people living in rural communities; midwives were the only help available during births and in other medical emergencies. Between 1993 and 1994, the two years following the end of the Civil War, 45 midwives became organized and received “formal” training from a program set up by two nurse-midwives working with the International Medical Relief Fund. Most of these midwives have remained organized as an association ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600458297788-HXUK59AQ8502XN3VIRXV/Screen+Shot+2019-10-19+at+9.34.25+AM.png PARTERAS / MIDWIVES - Criminalization of home births The Salvadoran government does not recognize the work of midwives, and in the past decade has made a strong effort to prohibit midwives from practicing nation-wide. In 2011 the Association received a threatening letter from the Ministry of Health warning that home births are banned, and that if anything were to go wrong during a birth the midwife present would go to jail. Despite extreme repression, the Association continues to provide prenatal care, contraceptives, sexual health education, and domestic violence counseling to people in rural communities. Even though they run the risk of being persecuted, the midwives also attend births in the case of emergencies, especially during COVID-19 because the hospitals are overrun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600485380449-0NNLTAYBOGFB7Y0R1YRN/Copy%252Bof%252BDSC03797.jpg PARTERAS / MIDWIVES - “A través de la solidaridad y el amor hacia las mujeres, hemos logrado mantener nuestra asociación y nuestro trabajo como parteras viva.” “Through solidarity and the love we have for women, we have managed to keep our association and our work as midwives alive.” -Asociación de Parteras Rosa Andrade https://www.cuidandoalas.org/encuentro-nacional-de-parteras daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600622226358-U0P53BPHN7Q87SF1I5VN/Davis+6.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209176250-AY16M3HTL3NOMC5TURXF/IMG_7816-195.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600622496271-LAY329R4L5QFBLA6S3HQ/Davis+17.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600622626359-NDVWY6EJ0849SYKRCFYA/IMG_7023-99.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1601486351817-VHBJSDQ7GAU7Q3QGDMQH/Angeles.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209063671-OHPWYP7DDMOVCDNTZJXN/IMG_6873-68.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209136171-D87COE7SVM5QFOAZ1QT2/IMG_6998-96.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209525001-AKHE9EOGQGSZ47K6OPX8/IMG_8185-224.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209373185-YWU0E25RGR0OFB9JDFZT/IMG_7630-176.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209552869-YBLYJE8XRDWOZEOQFDX3/IMG_8263-230.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600210576556-CIC7N9HAM22EVT51LQU1/IMG_7527-167.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600209894392-FBUFR88HVRDHW5ZLVCLT/IMG_7286-130.jpg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28bc5f44e3905416014d40/1600210118310-LNLEU0M1H45C0RJ6IPRC/ficha+final.jpeg ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PARTERAS / NATIONAL MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE - In August 2019, one hundred and twenty midwives gathered from all over the country to share experiences, build solidarity and demand recognition. This event was funded by a grant we received. En agosto del 2019, ciento veinte parteras de todos lados del país se reunieron en Suchitoto para compartir experiencias, construir solidaridad y demandar reconocimiento. 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We are working with 12 Náhuat elders who will take turns leading the learning circles. With the help of youth in their communities, they will be teaching the Náhuat language in a cultural and spiritual context. They will also share about Náhuat cosmology, plant medicine and healing. If you have any questions please email cuidandoalas@gmail.com. “Titaketza Tunelwayu” significa que nuestras raíces hablan en Náhuat; este es el nombre que las Najnantzin han elegido para los círculos de aprendizaje que organizaremos los sábados a las 9 am (hora salvadoreña) a partir del 6 de marzo de 2021. Estamos trabajando con 12 Najnantzin que se turnarán para liderar los círculos de aprendizaje. Con la ayuda de los jóvenes de sus comunidades, estarán enseñando el idioma Náhuat en un contexto cultural y espiritual. También compartirán sobre cosmología náhuat, las plantas medicinales y el curación tradicional. 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