i wanted a big sister that have accomplished a lot in life already to teach me things i don t know. my job is just to really help you, whether it s figuring out how to pay your rent do you have need your hour, making sure she s making her prenatal appointments all to make sure you re not stressed in order to have a healthy baby. healthy babies are born into healthy communities. it s pretty special, huh, how we grow on our own? we ve been doing this long enough now that you can hear a child say, i was born into the birthing project. that means more to me than anything i may have given up because in return, i have received a whole community. wow, she s incredible. kathryn hall-trujillo s project has welcomed more than 12,000 babies into 94 communities across five countries. to watch the birth of its newest chapter in new orleans or to nominate someone that you think
trains a group known as volunteer sister friends, which supports new moms. thousands of children had been born into kathryn hall-trujillo s sisterhood. african-american babies die two to four times the rate of other babies. as a public health administrator i use the words infant mortality every day, but until i held that baby in my arms, i never realized that that meant counting dead babies. my name is kathryn hall-trujillo, and i remind women they re really sisters. and can help each other have healthier babies. what we re saying is that you don t have to have this by yourself. the birth takes regular women in the community like me to work closely with the little sisters throughout their pregnancy. and after they have the baby.