{"id":23904,"date":"2025-08-12T13:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23904"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:26:59","slug":"mamma-margherita-canteen-becomes-a-reality-60-children-and-young-people-in-esmeraldas-receive-a-nutritious-meal-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/12\/mamma-margherita-canteen-becomes-a-reality-60-children-and-young-people-in-esmeraldas-receive-a-nutritious-meal-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0\u201cMamma Margherita\u201d Canteen Becomes a Reality: 60 Children and Young People in Esmeraldas Receive a Nutritious Meal Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Esmeraldas)<\/strong> \u2013 On Wednesday, August 6, the Salesian Project Foundation \u2013 North Coast officially inaugurated the \u201cMamma Margherita\u201d school canteen, a space designed to ensure food self-sufficiency, well-being, and dignity for the children and adolescents of the Mother of the Savior Reference Center in Esmeraldas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative was created to offer not only food, but also care, hospitality, and hope to those most in need. The inauguration ceremony was a meaningful event for the entire community, marked by emotion, gratitude, and commitment towards the children, adolescents, and young people from the \u201cSanta Martha 2\u201d neighborhood, who actively participate in the Salesian Project\u2019s activities every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Community Celebration<\/strong>
The ceremony was attended by the beneficiaries of the center, their parents, local authorities, and institutional representatives, including Professor Diego Jim\u00e9nez, Vice Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Esmeraldas, who expressed his support for this act of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blessing of the new canteen was given by Fr. Marcelo Farf\u00e1n, Provincial of the Salesians in Ecuador, who shared his joy in seeing a space dedicated to \u201cMamma Margherita,\u201d the mother of Don Bosco and a symbol of unconditional love, humble service, and preferential care for the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cutting the Ribbon<\/strong>
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was carried out by Fr. Robert Garc\u00eda, Director of the Salesian Project Foundation \u2013 North Coast, together with Vice Rector Jim\u00e9nez. Though simple, the event carried great meaning, marking the start of a new chapter in the holistic care of vulnerable youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborative Effort and Support<\/strong>
This project was made possible thanks to the coordinated efforts of Fr. Garc\u00eda, project technician Samuel Lozada, and various benefactors, including \u201cCross Catholic,\u201d the Salesian parish dedicated to St. Dominic Savio, and the Italian benefactor family De Paoli. Each contributor helped turn this vision into a reality that is now changing lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Space That Nourishes Body and Spirit<\/strong>
The school canteen will provide a nutritious and balanced lunch every day to 60 children, adolescents, and young people, ensuring dignified conditions that promote integral development, academic performance, and active participation in educational activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than just meeting a basic need, this canteen reflects solidarity, brotherly love, and faith in action. Beneficiaries expressed their joy and gratitude, seeing the space as a place where they feel valued, welcomed, and cared for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Salesians, \u201cMamma Margherita\u201d is intended as a living testimony that when heart, faith, and action unite, reality can be transformed, and new paths of hope can be built for those who need them most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(ANS \u2013 Esmeraldas) \u2013 On Wednesday, August 6, the Salesian Project Foundation \u2013 North Coast officially inaugurated the \u201cMamma Margherita\u201d school canteen, a space designed to ensure food self-sufficiency, well-being, and dignity for the children and adolescents of the Mother of the Savior Reference Center in Esmeraldas. The initiative was created to offer not only food, but also care, hospitality, and hope to those most in … Continuar leyendo \u00a0\u201cMamma Margherita\u201d Canteen Becomes a Reality: 60 Children and Young People in Esmeraldas Receive a Nutritious Meal Every Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[772193858,516714022],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-social-works","category-salesian-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mamma-margherita-canteen-2025-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-6dy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23916,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904\/revisions\/23916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}