1st Latinoamerican Conference of Pioneers in End of Life Care

AUSTIN, Texas & QUITO, Ecuador - PrZen -- This is the first conference in Latin America gathering gathering pioneers in the fields of accompaniment in dying and grief. The focus is to connect with all who are engaged in this work through a variety of roles, being present with and holding space through life transitions.

The Iberoamerican Network continues to expand this very important work of end-of-life care in Latin America. They are a network of integration and support for people who are in service to others in life transition processes, such as serious illness, dying and grief.

Their invitation is to learn from each other and discover new ways to approach the challenges we all face as we move forward in evolving our loss, grief, and end-of-life culture beyond our independent countries, to benefit all in Latin America at a collective level.

Our first gathering of the Iberoamerican Network of Accompaniment in Dying and Grieving, is in Quito, Ecuador April 14-16, 2023.The first Death Doulas of Latin America, Sofia Plonski, of Ecuador, Wilka Roig of Mexico, Catalina Mahecha Cruz of Colombia, and Maria Ignacia Mac-Auliffe of Chile, co-founded this incredibly rich network of community that supports what is happening regionally, nationally, and internationally in the fields of grief and end-of-life.

One of the goals we have is to better understand our individual countries' advancements as well as our challenges, so we may learn from each other and collaborate on new and effective ways to move our collective mission forward, united by one sole objective, to evolve our loss, grief, and end of life culture.

CareDoula School is proud to be a sponsor of this conference and full educational partner with Honorary CareDoulas Sophia Plonski and Wilka Roig. For more information about Certified CareDoula, https://www.certifiedcaredoula.com  For more information about the conference, contact Sophia Plonski, plonskita@hotmail.com or Wilka Roig, wilka.roig@gmail.com.