{"id":1033,"date":"2018-05-13T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2018-05-13T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T17:57:15","slug":"happy-mothers-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/happy-mothers-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother’s Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the United States, one Sunday each year is dedicated to celebrating mothers. This single day will never be enough to thank mothers for the love they show, the care they provide, the advice they share and the sacrifices they make. Although Mother\u2019s Day is not an international holiday, Maisha would like to thank mothers across the world for who they are and what they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there are cultural differences between motherhood in America and motherhood in Kenya, there are many similarities between the two. Maisha is grateful for the mothers, grandmothers, and other family members who fulfill the motherhood role every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jane is a mother of five. She lives in the Village of Kano with her youngest son, Henry. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jane is HIV positive and is a member of Maisha\u2019s Living Positive Program. She was once bedridden and unable to walk. She spend three months living day-to-day, not knowing if she would see tomorrow. Without Maisha, Jane said she would be dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaisha has been giving me food, has been taking care of me in terms of medicine, educating my kids, and guidance and counseling,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jane is a widow and has no extended family. She once felt stigmatized because she was HIV positive, but how is proud of who she is and shares her story with other HIV positive people at a support group. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe support group has been like my mother, my sister and my friends, because I lost my mother, I lost my father, I lost my husband, and they are the only people I can share my problems with,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jane has been able to receive healthcare from Maisha\u2019s Medical Clinic. She also volunteers at the clinic and translates for patients. <\/span><\/p>\n

Henry, Jane\u2019s youngest son, is in class six at the Maisha Academy. Jane said she thanks God for Maisha and knows without Maisha\u2019s help, her family would not be where they are today.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven now, I do not have money, but I hope that my child is going to be educated. My last born is going to be educated up to where he wants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about Maisha\u2019s Living Positive Project, visit <\/span>https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/projects\/health\/<\/span><\/a>. To sponsor a child like Henry, visit <\/span>https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/education\/<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the United States, one Sunday each year is dedicated to celebrating mothers. This single day will never be enough to thank mothers for the love they show, the care they provide, the advice they share and the sacrifices they make. Although Mother\u2019s Day is not an international holiday, Maisha would like to thank mothers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}