VOLUNTEER

Pregnancy, Labor & Postpartum Support

Our support volunteers provide emotional, physical, and informational support to refugee women throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Volunteers can help with prenatal appointments, offer labor and birth support, and/or postpartum support.
They also assist refugee mothers in preparing for the arrival of their new baby. This could include things such as helping secure baby supplies and providing emotional and relational support during this transition into motherhood.

Interested in becoming a support volunteer? Have more questions?

Volunteer Requirements

To become a Friends of Refugees volunteer in the Embrace program, you must complete 3 steps.  A volunteer application, an online background check, and a volunteer orientation. Volunteer orientations are held twice a month, usually the second Saturday of the month from 9:00-12:00pm and the last Tuesday of the month from 6:00-8:30pm. Orientation is held at Friends of Refugees.
Click Here to find information on completing these steps.

Childbirth Educators

Volunteer Descriptions
Educational volunteers assist in teaching our education course for refugees, including topics of pregnancy, childbirth, female reproductive health, breastfeeding and baby care.
 
Interested in teaching, providing transportation or snacks? Have more questions?
Click here for a more detailed description of our volunteer opportunities.

Interpreters

Interpretation volunteers will attend refugee childbirth education course, births, and/or prenatal meetings to provide interpretation services.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

"What languages do you need interpreted?"

The top 5 languages are: Karen, Arabic, Burmese, Nepali and Farci. These do vary from class to class, so please contact us directly.

"Do I need to be a certified Doula to volunteer with Embrace?"

No, we will provide basic pregnancy, labor and birth support training, but you do not need to be certified. If you are interested in becoming certified, we are happy to offer suggestions.

"I would like to volunteer, but my hours are really limited. Is there still a place for me?"

Yes! We work to pair our volunteers together to so that one person is not taking on all the responsibility and can work around their own schedules.