We sat down with three Birth for Humankind volunteer doulas. They are all at different stages on their doula journey and in their time with us. But in one short afternoon, they filled the room with so much laughter, wisdom and compassion, that solving world tension with a cup of tea and a doula or three seems entirely possible.

In November last year, we set about recruiting and training a cohort of bicultural doulas so that our team of volunteer doulas reflects the diversity of women we support. One of those women is Faith.

At Birth for Humankind, each woman we support is facing her own unique set of challenges and barriers to accessing the support she needs. With the support of a doula, women feel less isolated, less alone, more confident and more prepared during pregnancy, birth and early parenting.

Meet Reyyan – one of our newest bicultural doulas. This woman is something else. Passionate, intelligent and fiercely stylish, her story is a must-read. We sat down with her for World Doula Week to hear about how doula work became her calling just eight months after birthing twins!

Doula and childbirth educator extraordinaire Tanya Strusberg tells us about her experiences supporting women with Birth for Humankind, her hopes for birthing women worldwide and what got her passionate about birth work in the first place!

Endlessly curious, exceptionally talented and humble are a few of the ways we would describe this amazing woman.

Being a relatively young organisation means that you get to have lots of ‘firsts’. Your first volunteer doula, your first client. But how about your first client-turned-doula?