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Helping moms & babies at ES0893

You are changing the lives of moms and babies at the Caserío Puerto El Flor Survival Program. Here’s how.

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Helping moms & babies at ES0893
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The Need

Of the 5.2 million children who die around the world each year, 75 per cent die in the first year of life. Babies are at risk of death due to premature birth complications, complications during childbirth, infections, pneumonia and diarrhea. But this is preventable. With training and support, moms in poverty can be empowered to raise healthy and happy babies.

Our Response

Critical care
Your support helps secure access to pre- and postnatal care, skilled birth attendants and medical intervention when necessary.

Home-based care
Mothers are visited in their homes monthly by a Survival specialist, who offers education in prenatal care and early child-rearing as well as one-on-one biblical mentoring.

Group-based learning
At these church-based activities, moms learn skills to earn an income and gain vital knowledge including basic literacy, the importance of breastfeeding and how to prevent malnutrition and disease. These groups combat isolation through a supportive community of mothers who, together, learn about the God who loves them.

El Salvador Stats

Average number of children in household 3
Average age of first-time mothers 20
Births attended by skilled health personnel 100
Stunted growth from malnutrition 14

Activities

Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.

Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.

Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.

Spiritual care: Church staff and members supported activities that strengthened mothers’ spiritual lives and encouraged them to share their faith with their families. Moms received Bibles and participated in personal evangelism outreach. Church members shared messages of God’s love, hope and purpose. These activities encouraged mothers to seek peace and direction from God during difficult times.

Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.

Project Stats

This intervention addressed:

Breastfeeding Moms 3
Malnourished Babies - Moderately Underweight 3
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Health care: Medical staff conducted medical checkups and consultations for mothers and their babies at the church facilities. Health personnel reviewed test results, assessed the babies’ oral health and provided guidance on disease prevention, including measles vaccination and breast cancer prevention. The activities promoted early detection, regular medical care, and the health and well-being of mothers and babies. Moms also received mosquito nets to help protect them and their babies from mosquito-borne illnesses.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Group meetings: Program implementers and health care workers led learning sessions for mothers on breastfeeding, family communication, healthy eating, child development, and common symptoms in children. Moms received practical guidance on caring for their children, preparing nutritious meals and supporting their babies’ physical, motor, and socio-emotional development. Moms and babies also participated in early stimulation activities that encouraged babies to crawl and develop their coordination and balance.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Home visits: Program staff visited moms at home to spend time with families, observe the babies’ environments, and provide practical guidance. During the visits, staff assessed babies’ cognitive, socio-emotional, spiritual and physical development, discussed changes in their development and provided guidance on nutrition, healthy meals and appropriate medical care.
Spiritual care: Church staff and members supported activities that strengthened mothers’ spiritual lives and encouraged them to share their faith with their families. Moms received Bibles and participated in personal evangelism outreach. Church members shared messages of God’s love, hope and purpose. These activities encouraged mothers to seek peace and direction from God during difficult times.
Spiritual care: Church staff and members supported activities that strengthened mothers’ spiritual lives and encouraged them to share their faith with their families. Moms received Bibles and participated in personal evangelism outreach. Church members shared messages of God’s love, hope and purpose. These activities encouraged mothers to seek peace and direction from God during difficult times.
Spiritual care: Church staff and members supported activities that strengthened mothers’ spiritual lives and encouraged them to share their faith with their families. Moms received Bibles and participated in personal evangelism outreach. Church members shared messages of God’s love, hope and purpose. These activities encouraged mothers to seek peace and direction from God during difficult times.
Spiritual care: Church staff and members supported activities that strengthened mothers’ spiritual lives and encouraged them to share their faith with their families. Moms received Bibles and participated in personal evangelism outreach. Church members shared messages of God’s love, hope and purpose. These activities encouraged mothers to seek peace and direction from God during difficult times.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Family activities: The church held celebrations and group activities that brought mothers, babies, and fathers together. Mom and babies received gifts and participated in celebrations for Children’s Day, Christmas and International Women’s Day, while fathers joined a Father’s Day event. Families also participated in an Environment Day celebration, where mothers prepared costumes for their children and presented them at the festival. These activities created opportunities for families to share time together and strengthened mothers’ self-esteem, unity, and sense of value.
Pastor Ramiro

ReportA message from a pastor

My name is Ramiro, and I am the pastor at the church where we have our Survival Program, (child development centre ES0893), which operates in Puerto el Flor, a town in Usulután in El Salvador. As the pastor, my role in the Survival program continues to be supporting all the mothers with spiritual counselling. It is a pleasure to always be able to greet you!

I thank God for always keeping His grace through your kindness on behalf of us and the most vulnerable ones, which is indispensable for the operation of the Survival program so that the mothers and babies may be blessed.

We want to tell you some of what we do with the mothers who are joining the program and ministry. We have a specialist in nutrition and psychology to achieve better results for mothers and their babies. In the spiritual area, we continue to give them Bibles, and we have been able to integrate this group of mothers into the general church services, to generate an intimate and relational closeness with the church.

The program continues to make a difference, impacting mothers and babies directly through psychological consultations, nutrition talks, medical consultations, and medical checkups for both mothers and babies. After the medical checkups, we continue to give them medicine according to the prescription of the doctor, a mosquito net with the purpose of avoiding diseases transmitted by mosquito bites, and basic food packages. They are also supported with emergency consultations through a specialized doctor according to the area of the babies’ needs. Also, as part of the program, we have developed a sports festival where the mothers participate and thus, they feel connected to us.

Our future steps continue with the vision of strengthening family relationships among couples, and we are about to hold a couples’ retreat. We pray that this may strengthen the families and avoid relationship breakdowns among them.

We are very glad to express our continuous gratitude to God for keeping active generosity in your hearts to support this church ministry, and through this, we continue to impact lives. We hope to always count on your prayers to our faithful Creator, for this church to always keep eyes on the most vulnerable in order to help them.

Pastor Ramiro
Nancy

ReportA message from those your gift helped

Dearest and esteemed sponsors, warmest greetings! From the bottom of my heart, I pray that God may bless your lives and your families! My name is Nancy and I am 32 years old. I live in the town of Usulután, in El Salvador. I feel so grateful to God and you for all the support and love that you provide to our family through the Survival program!

I want to share a little about my baby, Yeremy. He is 10 months old. His hair is black, his eyes are black, and his skin is white. He is a bit serious around people he does not know, but he is very smiley and he loves playing with people he knows. When he arrived into my life, it was a moment full of joy and gratitude! From the very first moment I knew about him, my heart was filled with happiness, and I thanked God for letting me live this beautiful experience! Although his upbringing has been different from his siblings, and there are moments that I did not experience the same way, each day is unique by his side.

When I joined the Survival program, my baby was five months old. The Survival program has been such a blessing and support for me, because I have learned more about the care that my baby needs and the importance of taking care of his diet for him to be very healthy. Thanks to this program, we have received support, advice, and guidance, which has been a blessing for us!

My baby has progressed a lot. He learns new things each day, plays more, shares time with his siblings and, little by little, he continues to grow healthy and strong. As his mother, this fills me with a lot of joy and hope!

I want to thank you with all my heart for thinking about us and for supporting many families in need. I ask you to please pray for health and protection for my children and for God to always keep our family close and blessed! I say bye with affection and gratitude!

Nancy
Alexander

ReportA message from a partnership facilitator

Blessings! My name is Alexander, and it is a privilege to serve as the facilitator at Iglesia Santuario Bautista El Nazareno, in the department of Usulután, in El Salvador. It is a pleasure for me to greet you, and I wish you a lot of success and blessings to you and your families! I am very grateful to the Lord for every mother and baby at the Survival program, because I believe that God gives us the opportunity of being close to them during their first years of life, accompanying their mothers to teach them to take care, love and educate their children in the Way of Jesus.

I am also deeply grateful for supporting us with your valuable resources to serve our loved babies at the centre. Your contribution through the work that the church does produces transformation in the children and in their families. This transformation starts since the church teaches the mothers of the babies to take care of them from their wombs. Mothers receive information on how to love them, and they learn how to take care of themselves from any disease that can be preventable through checkups and medical consultations. Each mother is visited by the Survival implementer at her home to talk about how the growth of the baby is going in her womb and how to get prepared for the delivery day. The transformation of the community is visible because it has become a culture that the mothers of the babies visit the health unit for their pregnancy checkups, for the delivery of their babies and for healthy child checkups, which is something they did not use to do before.

The church, through the Survival program, works on developing and reinforcing their spiritual development. All the participant mothers receive the Word of God through the devotion time that the Survival implementer shares face-to-face and through personalized home visits. During these visits, they receive personal and marriage counselling, and group meetings and activities are also carried out, where a biblical teaching is shared. It is there that they are motivated to attend church services or they surrender their hearts to Jesus as their personal Saviour. After delivery, the babies are presented before the congregation of the church to pray for their lives and for their families to be blessed. On many occasions, this practice allows the mothers and their families to give their lives to Christ. It helps the people of the community see that the program and the church are a great blessing in the process of transforming lives and changing contextual realities in the community.

The Survival program helps the church to get closer to the families and to teach the young mothers to break with harmful generational patterns. This way, the families are being strengthened in ways that they would hardly have access to outside the program. The mothers in the Survival program recognize that they have an ally in the church that walks with them and is there to support them.

The Survival program in this church is producing a visible transformation in the lives of the children and their families. The church guides mothers to know their roles as members of the family and as caregivers of the babies and the children. You can be sure that the donation that you share through Compassion becomes a change in the lives of the mothers and their babies. Thanks for becoming our donors and for being a blessing in many lives.

Alexander