{"id":945,"date":"2022-06-10T18:09:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T18:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryschildrenmission.com\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T22:50:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maryschildrenmission.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”109″ bg_image_phone=”428″ bg_position=”center center” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” full_height=”yes” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” left_margin=”70px” left_margin_tablet=”25″ right_margin_tablet=”25″ left_margin_phone=”15px” right_margin_phone=”15px” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”container1″ advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”flip-in” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1653301345033{padding-top: 50px !important;}”]\n

Heaven belongs to<\/span><\/h1>\n

children.<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1654882660650{margin-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 120px !important;}” el_id=”text_principal”]\n

Our mission is to protect and defend human life, honouring the unique and unrepeatable dignity of every person. <\/span><\/p>\n

We offer personal accompaniment to expectant mothers and to mothers caring for young children, with particular attention to those living in exclusion, poverty and insecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”small” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Extra-Color-1″ icon_family=”none” el_class=”boton1″ text=”Our mission” margin_top=”20″ margin_bottom=”40″ margin_left=”0″ margin_right=”0″ url=”what-do-we-do”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”23″ bg_position=”left top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”80″ bottom_padding=”100″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”marychildren” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner width=”5\/12″][image_with_animation image_url=”1196″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”mcm-origin-photo”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text]\n

Our origins<\/p>\n

A mission born of love for life<\/h3>\n

Mary\u2019s Children Mission was born from the vocation of missionary Fernando Guti\u00e9rrez (Madrid, 1982), deeply rooted in the spirituality of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. After years of missionary experience in Calcutta, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Chile, he trained with the Missionaries of Charity Fathers in Rome (2018) and in Kenya (from 2019).<\/p>\n

It was in Calcutta that he discovered a very specific calling: to protect the lives of the most vulnerable, unborn children and their mothers. In July 2021, during his weekly apostolate, he met Mar\u00eda Shirima, a nine-year-old girl suffering from severe malnutrition and cerebral palsy. From that encounter, and with the support of his superiors and the bishop of the Diocese of Ngong, Mary\u2019s Children Mission was born.<\/p>\n

A mission of love born of Providence, beyond any human strategy.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”70″ left_padding_desktop=”50″ right_padding_desktop=”50″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”center” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp” css=”.vc_custom_1654891479954{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”]\n

Current projects<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”none” text_align=”center”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][image_with_animation image_url=”1151″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”mcm-proj-photo”][vc_column_text]\n

Home of Hope<\/h4>\n

A home of welcome for expectant mothers and mothers with young children.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][image_with_animation image_url=”1153″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”mcm-proj-photo”][vc_column_text]\n

Bright Future<\/h4>\n

Vocational workshops that foster the economic independence and social integration of mothers.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][image_with_animation image_url=”1155″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”mcm-proj-photo”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cGift of Hope\u201d Workshops<\/h4>\n

Vocational training workshops that help mothers build their future, move forward and care for their babies.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” el_class=”custom_btn” text=”Support us” margin_top=”50px” url=”Donate”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#eef5fb” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”70″ bottom_padding=”70″ overflow=”visible”][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text]\n

Volunteering<\/p>\n

Experience the mission from within<\/h3>\n

Mary\u2019s Children Mission welcomes volunteers who wish to spend a few weeks with the mothers and children of Ngong. During their stay they accompany the children at the Greensteps nursery, visit families in the slum and Mother Teresa\u2019s Homes in Nairobi, and help with work camps and other nearby missions.<\/p>\n

Each volunteer covers their own travel and stay as a direct contribution to the mission. If you would like to take part, write to us at heavenbelongstochildren@gmail.com<\/a> and we will guide you through the whole process.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][nectar_btn size=”jumbo” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” el_class=”custom_btn2 mcm-vol-btn” text=”More information about volunteering” margin_top=”10″ url=”https:\/\/maryschildrenmission.com\/informacion-voluntariado\/”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/12″][image_with_animation image_url=”1166″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” el_class=”mcm-vol-photo”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”rgba(171,215,240,0.5)” full_height=”yes” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”3%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”3%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” top_padding=”5%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”5%” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all” css=”.vc_custom_1686215313951{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”27″ image_size=”large” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” margin_top=”-9″ margin_bottom=”-48″ margin_right_phone=”82″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1684397802640{margin-top: px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;}” el_id=”text_content”]\n

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Mary, Mother of Life<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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we entrust to you the children that will be born<\/em><\/p>\n

and those who will die before coming into the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

The poor who are mistreated<\/em><\/p>\n

and the older men and women<\/em><\/p>\n

whom we let die alone.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary, our beloved Mother,<\/em><\/p>\n

help us to defend the cause of Life<\/em><\/p>\n

wherever we are<\/em><\/p>\n

Let the Gospel of Life be announced<\/em><\/p>\n

to all the world;<\/em><\/p>\n

to see one day the end of the culture of death<\/em><\/p>\n

and achieve together the Glory of God,<\/em><\/p>\n

our Lord and Father of Life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”center” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ overflow=”visible”][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]\n

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