Transforming midwifery care

WONDER Foundation is a charity dedicated to empowering women and girls across the globe through quality education and access to good work, so they can exit poverty for good. Since 2015, the charity has been working with the Institut Supérieur en Sciences Infirmières, a leading institution for training nurses, and now midwives, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, equipping students with the much-needed skills to respond to the national health crisis.

WONDER Foundation has made significant healthcare achievements in collaboration with Institut Supérieur en Sciences Infirmières, transforming healthcare in the region by providing high-quality midwifery education and training to women, enabling them to become skilled healthcare professionals.

The charity celebrated the graduation of the first 13 midwives in the Democratic Republic of Congo trained to international standards, a groundbreaking achievement in the region. The midwives, all established leaders or experienced nursing teachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have highlighted that this training has empowered them to provide better care and become agents of change (WONDER Foundation, 2024). They learnt about patient-centred care and consent, in some cases for the first time. All 13 are already training others in clinical or classroom settings, using competence-based training, a learning style that is new in Democratic Republic of Congo.