What Your Support Funds

• Compensation and benefits for Indigenous midwives

• Delivery of culturally grounded reproductive healthcare

• Mobile clinics serving rural communities

• Training and mentorship of community midwives

• Preservation of traditional knowledge and medicinal systems

• Strengthening of an Indigenous-led model of care

Why This Work Matters

Many maternal health initiatives focus on short-term interventions.
Naye Xjaw invests in long-term systems by supporting midwives as trained, compensated, and recognized healthcare providers within their communities.

This approach strengthens continuity of care, improves access in rural areas, and supports locally led health systems.

Ways to Contribute

We offer multiple options to support the organization:

• Online donation platforms (PayPal, Square, GiveButter, GiveLively)

• Bank transfer (Zelle)

• Donor-Advised Funds (DAF)

• Check or cash contributions

Support the Work

Contributions support an established system of care led by Indigenous midwives and sustained through accountable financial and operational structures.

Your donations at work

• $5 stops a life threatening postpartum hemorrhage

• $20 provides a prenatal consultation at our mobile clinics to identify high risk pregnancies

• $50 provides long term contraception to a woman looking to space out her pregnancies

• $150 provides skilled birth assistance to a Maya mother experiencing extreme poverty 

• $450 provides 1 midwifery kit containing medical instruments, textbook, and supplies

• $700 provides gas to reach our 7 mobile clinics in remote areas for 1 month

• $1000 pays the monthly rent of our birth and reproductive health center in San Miguel

• $3,000 provides higher level capacity building to Naye Xjaw midwives on a monthly basis for a year

• $9,000 provides 1 year salary for a Maya midwife, receiving full benefits (health insurance, retirement pension, paid vacation and time off) under the legal framework of the Ministry of Labor

• $30,000 would provide a 4 wheel drive vehicle to reach remote areas year round

We also accept donations of usable medical equipment, computers, teaching models, rock climbing gear for emergency rescues, hand knit newborn/infant layettes, and other in-kind donations in good working order. Please contact us if you wish to donate these items.