Nowadays, there are many cases of women having to get pregnant and give birth alone because of their own circumstances. In particular, there are many women having economic and psychological crisis and are not qualified to take care of their fetus and themselves.
For those single mothers who need such help, social centers and homes are the most reliable places to help them overcome difficulties.
Green shelters - Human love in the heart of the city
Located at 57/8 Dien Bien Phu, Ward 15, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, the Green Shelter built by nun Chuc Tu is a common home for women who do not know each other, from all over the world. but in the same situation.
They are all pregnant, but their lover, abandoned family, difficult economic conditions. Here, these people have the predestined relationship to meet and care for each other like relatives, and together overcome adversity.
Currently, this home has 25 pregnant mothers and 16 newborns cared for by nun Chuc Tu completely free of charge. Love has given babies the opportunity to cry out.
At the beginning, the nun Chuc Tu shared that it was very difficult at first when the monthly rent, hospital fees, meals, and utensils for babies were up to 20-30 million VND per month. However, after that, thanks to information on social networks, the donors and sponsors came to donate and support clothes, milk and supplies for mothers and babies.
Green Hope - A place where Green Hope is lit
Green Hope project was founded by Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Giau (born 1983, Vinh Long) in June 2014 with the desire to create a common home for single mothers who need help during pregnancy. Unintended, being abandoned by a lover and family can overcome difficulties. Here, many women have been helped and have the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
With the motto "A good environment can nurture good dreams", Giau has constantly made efforts to provide single mothers with the most complete environment to live and raise their children. From home to daily activities, she is most carefully prepared.
In Saigon, there is a place like that, a place where laughter is always shady and is also a place filled with many ambitions of young women. Here the children will grow up with strong hopes.
Home "Mother Love"
This is the home in charge of the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity of Christ - according to Mother Teresa's spirituality Calcutta. It specializes in taking care of abandoned single mothers and orphans.
Founded in 1995, but in 1996, the new congregation started accepting girls who were pregnant. Up to now, about 3,000 babies have been born to mothers who intended to leave their babies. Babies are raised and raised together, generating feelings like family members. The big kids will take care of the little ones.
To care for about 60 orphans aged 0 to 10 years old, 20 middle and high school students and 4, 5 pregnant girls and some new mothers in the hospital, the nuns have to rent 6 apartments. home. Besides, this place is also the refuge of lonely old people, regardless of religion.
Mai Tien Shelter - Savior of single mothers who need help
Located deep in the alley in Ho Nai ward, city. Bien Hoa, Dong Nai Province, Mai Tien Shelter chaired by Father Nguyen Van Tich, Tay Hai parish is the residence of single mothers rejected by their families.
Most of the women are workers, students, even students, ... They became pregnant when they were very young, had no shelter so they had to take shelter here temporarily to be cared for and find sympathy. communication between people in the same situation.
Because they are single and unrecognized mothers, women can only rely on and support each other. Everyone's activities are very comfortable, each one has one thing, always be sociable, tolerate each other.
In order to earn more income to live and raise children, single mothers at Mai Tien home also do other jobs, from picking water spinach to making eyelashes, ...
Father Tich shared that the main purpose of the Mai Tien shelter is to minimize the current abortion situation of young people. Because, just a few steps from the house, the cemetery for the baby's burial was also established by Priest President.
Life out there is cramped, but there is always a place willing to extend hands with unhappy lives. These are just some of the many places for single moms who need help. Therefore, do not take an innocent life for a moment of despair. Try for a better future for you and your children.
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