The Shanti Uganda Society
The Shanti Uganda Society improves infant and maternal health, provides safe women-centered care and supports the well-being of birthing mothers and women living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. We imagine a world where birthing mothers and women living with HIV/AIDS are supported, empowered and able to develop to their full potential.
The Shanti Uganda Birth House
The Shanti Uganda Birth House is a solar powered maternity centre on one acre of land in the Luweero District of Uganda. Opened in 2010, the Birth House provides mother-centered care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period and is staffed by our team of Ugandan Midwives, Traditional Birth Attendant and Lab Technician. From the Birth House, Shanti Uganda runs prenatal education classes, a Community Garden Program, a Teen Girls Program and a Women’s Income Generating Group – a collective of 21 HIV positive women who produce bags and jewellery which are sold throughout North America.
Natalie Angell, Founder of Shanti Uganda
Natalie Angell is the Founder and Executive Director of The Shanti Uganda Society. She has been sharing her time between Vancouver, BC and Uganda, East Africa since 2007 and has a deep respect for grassroots women’s initiatives. Natalie is on the International Advisory Board for the Women Like Us Foundation and has spoken around North America on issues surrounding maternal and infant health and HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
A yoga teacher and doula, she Co-Founded Heart Centre Yoga, has produced a guided meditation CD and now enjoys sharing the power of yoga with women impacted by HIV/AIDS. After years of supporting birthing mamas in Uganda, in 2010 Natalie gave birth to her own daughter at home in water.
