Donations can be made Through Missionary Ventures designating Casa Compasiva as the ministry/project:
Tax-deductible donations can be sent to Missionary Ventures with a note specifying
it goes to Casa Compasiva / Oaxaca,Mexico
To give via cheque to Casa Compasiva:
U.S.A:
Missionary Ventures
P.O. Box 593550
Orlando, FL 32859
Canada:
Missionary Ventures Canada
201B-727 Woolwich St.
Guelph, Ontario N1H-3Z2
To everyone who has or is supporting this ministry, We would like to say "THANK YOU"!
Benevolent Birth Fund:
A recent video that went viral on Facebook and YouTube shows an indigenous woman from Oaxaca giving birth on a government health clinic lawn after having been ignored and refused service by the medical staff. The plight of that woman and her baby underscores the predicament of underprivileged indigenous women and their babies in Oaxaca.
Help us provide a compassionate alternative to a traumatizing birth experience. Our Benevolent Birth Fund allows low-income women and their baby to be lovingly attended in a clean and safe environment, with professional doctors and midwives. The normal cost of a birth at Casa Compasiva is approximately $500 USD (depending on the exchange rate), and although we already give hefty discounts, that is still well beyond the price range of many low-income families.
Please help the love of God touch both mother and baby at this critical time of passage!
Cesarean birth scholarship:
Complications sometimes arise in even the best-planned births. And sometimes a pregnant woman is "screened out" from a natural birth because of pre-existing medical conditions. In these cases, a "Cesarean birth scholarship" will allow a low-income Oaxacan woman to transport to a decent private hospital for a surgical birth. For $1250 U.S. she can be promptly attended by a respectful medical team rather than waiting hours (and sometimes days) for care at the public hospital. Instead of isolation and abandonment during the most difficult hours of her life, she will be accompanied by loving Casa Compasiva staff who will pray for her and her baby, ministering peace during and after surgery. Your gift can help to make a necessary transport to hospital a time of peace and confidence in God rather than trauma, fear, and neglect.
Supply List for Casa Compasiva:
If you are planning a trip to Oaxaca and would like to bring supplies, or would like to send a gift through someone who is coming down, this is a list of USA items that we use when in stock.
- Urine test strips (for pH, Protein, Glucose monitoring)
- Breastfeeding: Lanolin packets
- Disposable thermometer covers
- Herbs & Teas:
- Evening Primrose Oil capsules
- Raspberry leaf tea
- Prenatal Vitamins
- Calcium & Magnesium
- Tinctures:
- Chaste Tree
- Wild Yam
- Cramp bark
- Mother´s Herbal: Start it up
- Wish Garden: Smooth Transitions
- B & B labor Formula
There are also supplies or equipment that need updating:
- Kelly clamps-- $13.00
- Rochester Pean forceps-- $39.00
- Curved surgical scissors--$40.00
- Blood pressure cuffs-- $200.00
- Umbilical scissors-- $34.00
- Waterproof doppler-- $545.00
- SCRUBS! Matching scrubs (2 pair each size: S, M, L, XL) Preferably dark colors tops with black pants BUT WE AREN´T PICKY!
