The program for very poor mothers.
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As many of you know, Mark and I went to Mexico in the beginning of August and stayed with retired U.S. Marine Bob and Mexican nurse Vicky at their beautiful home in the small seaside town of Rincón de Guayabitos in the state of Nayarit.
One day, Vicky roused us all after breakfast, saying "Hurry, hurry, a girl just had a baby in the countryside and she is very poor, we need to help."
We jumped in the jeep (no seatbelts of course, old school), and headed up a jungle-covered hill over cobbled-together rural roads. The girl in the picture just gave birth to her second baby. You can see the blue tub of baby stuff I just handed her on the bed and the groceries that we brought in the chair. Mark and I donated $50 to this community, not much because we are poor kids ourselves, but it is a small fortune there. For example, this girl's husband makes 150 pesos (less than 15 dollars) a day. (Though familes in Ecuador make a fraction even of that!)
I have given Vicky and Bob information about VIDA, hoping some of their friends will be able to take medical supplies there in the future.
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