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Espacio Para La Familia, Family Health and Wellness Center, Opens In Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica
On January 22, 2009, Espacio Para La Familia in Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica opened her doors. The opening ceremony of Espacio was held on January 23rd, with over 40 people in attendance as the community joined together in celebration of this innovative family health and wellness center.
Founding members L to R, Salem, Vanessa Pardo Calderon, Doris Jakob, Claudia Wettstein, Christina Zingrich
Committed in its mission statement to "creatively encourage a healthy, loving family environment for our multicultural community", Espacio Para La Familia was founded in a partnership between Birth Without Boundaries International and 5 women of Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica. Espacio will provide education, resources and information on issues relating to families' physical, emotional and spiritual health. What began as a childbirth resource center has blossomed into a family health and wellness education center. The founders recognized the need to address the connectedness between childbirth issues and crucial challenges facing families such as relationships, health, and the environment.
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Have You Experienced Discrimination for Breastfeeding Your Child in Public?
May 23, 2008 - HARRISBURG, PA
COMMONWEALTH COURT SAYS THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY IS NOT THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
Homebirth Midwife Diane Goslin won her appeal after a 5-2 ruling from the Commonwealth Court judges stated that "practicing midwifery cannot be construed to be the same as practicing medicine and surgery". Whether it was because of the handmade signs we carried to the Capitol for all of those rallies, or the cosmic forces just spinning off the full moon earlier last week, some of the people in power seem to have finally "gotten it".
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 Daniel King represents the Amish community during the Jan. '07 rally in the state Capitol
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