Cutting the Cord: A Midwife Abroad

Feldgruppe

South Sudan

Real name:

Mara Evans

Mara

Mara Evans

Hebamme/Entbindungspfleger

"Like me, he has never seen female genital mutilation before'"

Mara blogs about life in the maternity ward . . .

14 Jul 2016 / 4 minute read

Mara Evans

Hebamme/Entbindungspfleger

My First Kiss

Midwife Mara shares a patient story that isn't quite as romantic as it sounds...

01 Jul 2016 / 6 minute read

Mara Evans

Hebamme/Entbindungspfleger

Life and death

"These regular reminders of life’s fragility, although startling, provide proper opportunity to reflect on things taken for granted."

04 Mai 2016 / 7 minute read

Mara Evans

Hebamme/Entbindungspfleger

A Day in Agok

Before the sun even begins to rise, the day begins in the MSF Agok living compound. Inside my thatched tukul and beneath my canopy of mosquito net, my watch alarm beeps 7 o’clock.

09 Mär 2016 / 6 minute read

Mara Evans

Hebamme/Entbindungspfleger

Calling myself an 'MSF midwife'

The principles of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have always appealed to me.

16 Feb 2016 / 4 minute read