I WANT TO BE A MIDWIFE
multimedia video
Midwives are women, mothers, who have devoted their lives to providing safe motherhood to other women and mothers.
Access to skilled care from a trained midwife during pregnancy, childbirth and after delivery is key to saving a mother’s life and that of her child. By training more midwives, AMREF is helping deliver an immediate, lasting solution to reduce maternal mortality in Ethiopia.
Photos and footage were captured in Jinka, Ethiopia, in 2013 documenting AMREF Canada’s program to improve maternal and child health in the Omo Valley.
photography & video
PAOLO PATRUNO
editing & postproduction
PAOLO PATRUNO
Thanks toÂ
Jinka Zonal Hospital midwives, nurses, doctors
AMREF Ethiopia staff
Kate Giesbrecht, AMREF Canada Programmes Coordinator
Jennifer Foulds. AMREF Canada Communications and PR Director
amrefcanada.org
Special thanks toÂ
Tony Anderson, who licensed me the music:
“Rise (Ambient Piano Mix)"
"The Father's Heartâ€
tonyandersonmusic.com
"Powerful images tell stories unlike any other medium can. And, ‘powerful’ is an understatement when it comes to Paolo Patruno’s photographs.Â
Collaborating with Paolo to document our mother and child health project in South Omo, Ethiopia is one of the best decisions we’ve made.Â
His photographs capture the heart of our work, communicating at once both the struggles and the hope of one of the most important issues facing African communities today. Paolo’s passion for maternal health and his experience photographing its highs and lows made him a natural partner for AMREF, whose mandate is to show how African communities are at the centre of transforming lives for generations to come.
Most importantly for us, Paolo showed tremendous respect for all of the mothers, babies, nurses, midwives, doctors and community members he photographed."
— Jennifer Foulds. Communications and PR Director, AMREF Canada