Midwives
are and always have been the solution
Kolibri International Birth Institute
We are an Institute based in the United States and Puerto Rico dedicated to fostering the expansion of autonomous midwifery education, empowerment, sustainability, and the recognition of midwifery as both an ancestral practice and a professional discipline. We offer continuing education courses, in-person and online workshops grounded in an anthropological framework and equity-based approaches. Our work honors ethical local and international collaboration through partnerships with diverse clinical and traditional experts around the world.
KIBI Education
KIBI Education is an online portal of continuing education courses. We cover over 30 course topics including but not limited to business, medical errors, self care, and so much more! Together, they showcase ten distinct values that define who we are and our mission.
Our values. Our Mission.
At KIBI, our work is guided by a deep commitment to justice, collaboration, and community wisdom. We believe that meaningful change begins with relationships — and that expertise is most powerful when it is paired with humility, listening, and care.
Transformative Research
We center ethical research practices through both qualitative and quantitative methods, transforming your research into meaningful impact.
Community-Led Solutions
We honor the expertise of those with lived experience. Our work is grounded in the
voices, needs, and leadership of the
communities we serve.
Integrity & Excellence
We are committed to delivering
high-quality, evidence-informed services
with transparency, accountability,
and professional rigor.
Relationship-Driven Approach
We prioritize connection, trust, and collaboration. Every engagement with KIBI is designed to leave clients feeling heard, understood, and empowered.
Commitment to Growth
We believe learning is lifelong. We are committed to reflection, innovation, and evolving alongside the communities and movements we support.
Knowledge Sovereignty
We uplift ancestral practices and wisdom traditions as essential sources of knowledge. Our work seeks to decolonize systems and reclaim ways of knowing that have been marginalized.
ETHICAL COLLABORATIONS
We reject extractive models of collaboration that treat Indigenous knowledge as a resource to be taken, commodified, or resold. Ancestral knowledge is not data, content, or capital—it is living, relational, and belongs to the Indigenous communities who carry it. These communities alone hold the authority to decide how, when, and whether their knowledge is shared.
Our work is grounded in a humanist, relational model of knowledge-sharing rooted in reciprocity rather than extraction. We center embdied learning,respect, humility, accountability, and dignity, and we commit to practices that honor sovereignty, consent, and care for the Facilitators that collaborate over profit or ownership.
KIBI SPONSOR EVENTS 2026
The National Black Midwives Alliance 2026 Conference: Rooted in Legacy, Rising in Power!
The National Black Midwives Alliance
March 12, 2026 - March 15, 2026
700 Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton, VA 23669
If you could see a better world, you were morally obligated to help bring it into existence. That you should put your time, your energy, your passion, your intellect, your heart, your soul, everything on the line. You shouldn't sit on the sidelines, you should actively advocate for the world you wanted to see, and that world should be one that was better for many, not just for you."
