MAR MEETS M4ID INNOVATORS IN HELSINKI
MAR team travels to Helsinki Finland at the end of September to meet with M4ID. A social impact company working in the global development and health sector through creative problem solving
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JAMILA, BORN AGAINST ALL ODDS: SHELTERING POOR URBAN MOTHERS IN MOROCCO
Fatima is one of thousands of women who have come to Tangiers, the northern Moroccan port city, in hopes of a better future.
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PROMOTING GIRLS’ LITERACY AND LIFE SKILLS IN URBAN SLUMS
Girls Dreams (GD) was MAR’s first project that focused on leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to change their future through education and empowerment, in a hope that they become mothers later and by choice and with...
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Q&A – DIANA PEREZ-BUCK Founder Mothers at Risk
What was MAR’s first project?
When we founded MAR, we had the fortune of starting with four beautiful projects.
MOBILE CLINIC SAVES LIVES
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the Western hemisphere. The chances of a woman dying due to pregnancy and childbirth in Haiti are estimated to be one...
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LOU CASA// CHANSONS DE BARBARA À CE JOUR
Date/time: March 24, 2018 with doors opening at 7.30 pm and concert starting at 8 pm
Venue: At the home of Mr. & Mrs. Camacho Fielding “Villa Maintenon” Avenue Montjoie 98, 1180 Uccle
LOU CASA// Chansons de Barbara à ce jour.
Please join us for this exciting private concert featuring LOU CASA (contemporary music, improvised music, chansons, multi-artistic encounters) led by Marc Casa and the latest project of the collective – Chansons de Barbara.
FEATURING MUSICIANS MARIA MARTINOVA (PIANO) AND CYRIL GARAC (VIOLIN) ‘LA FOLIE SLAVE’
Saturday, April 28, 2018 with doors opening at 7.30 pm and concert starts at 8 pm
Venue: “Villa Maintenon” Avenue Montjoie 98, 1180 Uccle
Please join us for a private concert featuring musicians Maria Martinova (piano) and Cyril Garac (violin) ‘La Folie Slave’
After the concert “Paris-Buenos Aires, a love story”, the Duo Martinova-Garac returns to Villa Maintenon with their new programme “La Folie Slave” inviting you on a journey through the contradictory aspects of the Slavic soul – from the greatest tenderness and sweetness, to the greatest exaltation and agitation.
THE LAST MILE: REACHING MOTHERS AND BABIES IN THE REMOTEST AREAS
MAR has been supporting for years the maternal health of women in the remote Kokuselei Valley, in Turkana, northeast Kenya. Turkana is an isolated, arid, semi-desert region that lacks the most basic infrastructure and services. Its...
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TRAINING TANZANIAN NURSES TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE
Tanzania continues to have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Africa and the world, with women facing a 1-in-45 chances of dying from pregnancy or childbirth complications, compared to 1 in 10,000 in high-income countries....
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ADDRESSING THE RISKS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCIES
Nicaragua has one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the world. The consequences of adolescent childbearing include higher risks of pregnancy complications and maternal mortality (adolescent girls are up to five times more...
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DATA PROVIDES MATERNAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS
MAR launched one of its very first maternal health projects in Yantalo, a small rural village in San Martin province, in northern Peru. The people who live in this part of the upper Amazon rainforest are extremely poor. In fact, over...
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