mamamundo – Antenatal classes for pregnant women with a migration background
mamamundo provides access to antenatal classes for women who do not speak one of the Swiss languages. These classes have been available and popular in Switzerland for decades, but are only available in the national languages.
Thun
mamamundo is a non-profit organization, recognized and subsidized by the Canton of Berne. Its purpose is to offer migrant women the same childbirth courses that are available to Swiss women and take into account migrants’ specific migratory, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. (Copyright image www.thunersee.ch)
Luzerne
Since 2018, mamamundo courses have been offered at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital LUKS. At the Lucerne site, pregnant women were able to benefit from the offer for the first time in spring 2018. The courses are offered by the LUKS in cooperation with Caritas Lucerne and the Health and Sports Department of the Canton of Lucerne. (Translated with deepl.com)