NorthTown Doulas
Within two years of its founding, NorthTown Doulas was on solid financial footing, and Kamiah was leading it as its executive director. She had trained 14 doulas who provide their free services to clients who are low-income and of color. The doulas meet weekly with their pregnant clients, teaching them about nutrition and prenatal care and listening to their concerns and fears. The doulas are well informed on the social services available in the community and how to access these services for their clients, especially when it comes to securing adequate nutrition. In cases where the mothers-to-be need medical treatment, the doulas help the clients find doctors and midwives they will trust, often transporting their clients to appointments and staying with them through their visits. After the women have given birth, the doulas continue to provide them with assistance, teaching them how to care for their infants and manage being a new parent, and monitoring them and the babies for any health concerns.
Since she became a doula, Kamiah has helped 10 young women give birth to healthy babies. As the organization’s leader, she has less time now to be a doula, which she admits she misses, but knows that through her organization and the doulas she’s trained, she still has a hand in the healthy births of many children.
