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Barre midwife helps women in Bali

Tuesday, 02/05/08 7:49am and 7:49am

Mitch Wertlieb

Katherine Bramhall hates to travel, which wouldn't be such a big deal if she didn't do so much of it, and went to such far-flung places.

bramhall2.jpg As we'll hear, Katherine Bramhall makes frequent visits to Indonesia, where she's trying to set up a permanent health clinic for some of Bali's poorest women.

Branmhall is a midwife who moved from Boston to Vermont several years ago. She settled in Barre. Bramhall says she got involved in helping people far away despite her propensity to be a homebody -- when she saw a news report on a natural disaster in Iran:

Click listen to hear the entire interview.

You can contact Katherine Bramhall at katherine@gentlelanding.com

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