Midwives
are and always have been the solution
Midwives
are and always have been the solution
Kolibri International Birth Institute
We are an Institute based in the United States and Puerto Rico dedicated to fostering the expansion of autonomous midwifery education, empowerment, sustainability, and the recognition of midwifery as both an ancestral practice and a professional discipline. We offer continuing education courses, in-person and online workshops grounded in an anthropological framework and equity-based approaches. Our work honors ethical local and international collaboration through partnerships with diverse clinical and traditional experts around the world.
Kolibrí International Birth Institute is currently in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. We are organized for charitable and educational purposes, supporting and empowering families and birth workers through culturally responsive, community-centered education and services. Upon approval, donations will be tax-deductible as permitted by law.
Immersion Programs
KIBI will be offering various Immersion Programs for 2026 and 2027 for Student Midwives, Midwives, Nurses, or Doulas.
Register below to learn more information.
Programs de Inmersion
KIBI ofrecerá diversos programas de inmersión para 2026 y 2027 dirigidos a estudiantes de partería, parteras, enfermeras o doulas.
Regístrese a continuación para obtener más información.
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KIBI Education
KIBI Education is dedicated to expanding access to meaningful continuing education for professionals who support the health and well-being of families and communities. Our online learning portal offers courses in clinical care, traditional midwifery, preceptor development, holistic practices, and other essential fields. By providing accessible, culturally informed, and practical education, KIBI Education helps strengthen the knowledge, confidence, and leadership of professionals committed to compassionate, community-centered care.
Our values. Our Mission.
At KIBI, our work is guided by a deep commitment to justice, collaboration, and community wisdom. We believe that meaningful change begins with relationships — and that expertise is most powerful when it is paired with humility, listening, and care.
Integrative Pedagogy
Our facilitators, courses , workshops and inmersion trips are center in the integration, of difrent diciplines,skills and real experience of the work of midwives in every community.
Empowering Midwives
KIBI is committed to the recognition, sustainability, growth, and integration of midwives in every country and communuty.
Carrying knowledge forward
We believe in mentoring and nurturing the next generation of midwives. Creating cultural and educational opportunities where guidance, wisdom, are shared and carried forward,
Ethical Collaborations
We uplift collective learning. We recognized that Ancestral knowledge is not data, content, or currency is living, relational, and belongs to the Indigenous communities who carry it.
Commitment to Growth
We believe learning is lifelong. We are committed to reflection, innovation, and evolving alongside the communities and movements we support.
Knowledge Sovereignty
We commit to practices that honor sovereignty, consent, and care for the Facilitators that collaborate over profit or ownership
About KOMADRONA MEDIA LAB
We are a space of community intersection where, through art, documentaries, photography, and diverse media, we honor the plural knowledges that continue to expand and contribute to the recognition and visibility of critical perspectives, as well as the many ways of experiencing and understanding birth.
From an anthropological approach grounded in the social, political, and cultural, we work toward the repair of memory, knowledge, and practices that care for, sustain, and promote reproductive justice, the decolonization and dignity of birth, beginnings, and collective well-being.
If you could see a better world, you were morally obligated to help bring it into existence. That you should put your time, your energy, your passion, your intellect, your heart, your soul, everything on the line. You shouldn't sit on the sidelines, you should actively advocate for the world you wanted to see, and that world should be one that was better for many, not just for you."
GENEIVE BELL
Anthropologist
KIBI Collaborators and Supporters
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