Casa Materna- Mary Ann Jackman
The Casa Materna seeks to reduce maternal and infant death rates in the Matagalpa, Nicaragua region.
We provide pre-natal and post-natal care and education for mothers from rural areas with high risk pregnancies.
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Your Alternative Mothers' Day Gift
Eleanor Roosevelt reminds us, "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
As we approach the time of Mothers' Day (celebrated in Nicaragua on May 30th) it is the dream of the staff that you will
continue to honor your own mothers, living or deceased, with a gift of support for the mothers of the Casa Materna.
Visitors to the Casa are always amazed that we have welcomed over 16,250 mothers in our 22 years of Casa service with only
two maternal deaths—Nicolasa after she returned home and Susana in the hospital. This is a statistic unheard of
in our world where there are at least 50 maternal deaths each hour of the day.
The Casa mothers and staff feel the support of all of you who include them in your
prayers. In the spirit of the first Mothers' Day that was a "call to peace" by Julia Ward
Howe in 1872, may we recommit ourselves to work for a world at peace. Copies of our
prayer card for pregnant mothers are available on request and we thank Jude Butler and
members of the St. Martha Circle (St. Philip, Battle Creek, MI) for helping to coordinate
this vital ministry of prayer on behalf of all our developing Circles of Support.
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