Happy Mama Healthy Baby

08/11/2026

08/06/2026

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week with our South African doula training graduates teaching lactation education at Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria. For more information, contact Moora Letsoalo Moora Letsoalo or call 1+626-388-2191 ext. 2.

08/06/2026

Happy World Breastfeeding Week from South Africa @ Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria. Recent grads of our Community Doula Training and Certification Program. For more information contact South Doula Program Africa Coordinator Moora Letsoalo at: [email protected] or call : 1+626-388-2191.

08/04/2026

We are kicking off World Breastfeeding Week in Pretoria South Africa at Stephen Biko Hospital with our newly trained Doulas. Happy Mama Healthy Baby Africa Alliance is based in Ghana and South Africa where we provide labor and postpartum doula support, doula training and certification programs and teach prenatal education in the clinics. This project is headed up by Moora Letsoalo The South African doula program coordinator. For more information contact 626-388-2191 ext. 1 or email [email protected].

07/01/2026

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT:
HAPPY MAMA HEALTHY BABY COMMUNITY DOULA PROGRAM SUSPENDS DOULA SERVICES

Our organization has been hijacked in a hostile takeover by disgruntled volunteers and contractors. These fraudsters are claiming to be the true officers and doula coordinators of our organization. They are not legitimate. They were terminated by the board on June 1st but refused to leave and hand over the website which was created by our Founder & CEO, Cordelia Hanna, MPH, who founded and has led our organization since 1993, along with two midwives, for women, by women. These bad actors claiming legitimacy to run a woman's health organization are men motivated by greed. They want to seize upon the income earned from Medi-Cal doulas. They are exploiting BIPOC doulas and clients for their financial gain and are not committed to our mission of reducing perinatal health inequities and disparities. They have no knowledge of or experience in midwifery, maternity care or maternal child public health. Due to these unfortunate issues, the board has temporarily suspended our Medi-Cal doula services pending legal actions.

We continue to honor and support the certification program for graduates of our doula trainings.

We are holding a public meeting about these issues and all are welcome on FRIDAY, JULY 3 at 12 pm to 1 pm. Contact Board Chairman Kennedy Kattah for more info and to RSVP for the meeting. Email:[email protected]. call 626-388-2191 ext. 1.

06/26/2026

Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance announces our new board members who are proud to carry on the legacy of our beloved founder and CEO and Executive Director, Cordelia Hanna, MPH. For over 35 years, Cordelia Hanna has demonstrated an undying commitment to Black women and babies. She established the very first community doula program at the Pasadena Black Infant Health Program long before anyone else did in 2002. Since 1993 Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance has been a leader in addressing perinatal health inequities through doula support services. The board is thrilled to continue to Cordelia's vision to postively impact mothers and infants for years to come.

05/17/2026

All throughout May we are enjoying our HEART AND HANDS POSTPARTUM DOULA TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM taught live on Zoom. 24 BIPOC women from received scholarships to attend our training thanks to a grant from .communities.

We are exploring cross-cultural motherbaby care practices including baby-wearing, Infant massage, Kangaroo Care and swaddling. We also delved into Maternal Mental Health learning all about how to identify and support perinatal mood disorders and how to intervene when needed. We also discussed how to support moms who experience perinatal loss. These lovely ladies are digging in to the material and learning so much . They're getting ready to address maternal and infant mortality occurring in South Los Angeles and beyond.

Join our next training or do Self-Paced Course online.

Call: (626) 388-2191 (ext. 3) for more information. Email: [email protected]. Visit [email protected].

05/14/2026

CEO/Executive Director Cordelia Hanna MPH and our team at Heluna Health Breanna Tillman, Grants Manager, Ana Gonzales, HR Genarlist, James Lee, Accountant. We are so appreciative of the support they provide us with implementing our grants from Rising Communities, and LA Care GAAINS III. We are a proud partners in improving maternal and child heath in Los Angeles County.

05/08/2026

Happy Mother's Day from Happy Mama Healthy Baby Community Doula Program. Consider giving that special pregnant woman or new Mama the ultimate gift of love--Doula Support! Visit us .net or call 626-388-2191.

04/24/2026

Happy Mama Healthy Baby Community Doulas are here to support your journey through pregnancy and childbirth. Have your birth your way. We are here to make yours a special delivery with knowledge to empower your birth experience.

We accept Medi-Cal. Kaiser, Molina, LA Care, Blue Cross and straight Medi-Cal accepted. Sliding scale rates for those families without insurance for douls services.

Call 626-388-2191 ext. 2. Email us at: [email protected].
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