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Casa Santa Isabel
A home for the most vulnerable
In Guatemala from January to October 2022, 57,163 births have been registered as a result of pregnancies in adolescents; For this reason, Casa Santa Isabel intends to be a light in the face of the social situation that young people face today.
In 2018 María Attard, originally from the island of Gozo, Malta, arrived in Guatemala on a missionary trip, encountering a difficult reality due to poverty, lack of basic needs, lack of education, among others, in addition many of the pregnancies are Consequences of sexual abuse, for this reason, together with Father Anton Grech and the help of people who joined to become a reality this project, on February 14, 2020 Casa Santa Isabel was inaugurated; It is part of the Guatemalta non -governmental organization, legally established in Guatemala; whose main mission is to provide with love and dedication, comprehensive care for girls and adolescents in pregnancy and mothers from 11 to 17 years old with children; Boys and girls from 0 to 5 years old, providing them with tools that allow them to improve their quality of life. Thus, contributing to the prevention and elimination of the causes that originate the violation of their rights. Which favors the appropriate development for them and their children.The home bases its to form children and adolescents in an integral way, that is why we have care programs that are aimed at girls and adolescents pregnant or who are already mothers with their respective sons or daughters, sheltered at Casa Santa Isabel, victims of sexual violence, negligence or abandonment.
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