{"id":477797,"date":"2025-08-08T10:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mother-and-daughter-in-los-mameyes-keep-hope-alive-to-receive-government-support\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:38:01","slug":"mother-and-daughter-in-los-mameyes-keep-hope-alive-to-receive-government-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/mother-and-daughter-in-los-mameyes-keep-hope-alive-to-receive-government-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother and daughter in Los Mameyes keep hope alive to receive government support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> In the coastal neighborhood of Los Mameyes, where the sound of the sea accompanies daily life, Maximina Mercado and her daughter <strong>Selva Taveras<\/strong> wage a daily battle marked by strength and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Selva Mar\u00eda, 34 years old, has suffered from cerebral palsy since birth, a condition that requires permanent care, medication, and a special diet. To support the household, Maximina handcrafts bracelets, necklaces, and ornaments that, more than simple pieces of costume jewelry, represent an act of dignity and struggle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When someone acquires one of our pieces, they carry with them part of our history and solidarity,&#8221; expresses Maximina, who clarifies that she is not looking for alms, but rather support through the purchase of her handicrafts.<\/p>\n<p>Both hope that the <strong>support promised by the authorities<\/strong> will materialize soon and allow them to improve their quality of life. In the meantime, they invite those who wish to collaborate to contact them at <strong>829-497-5198<\/strong> or make contributions through Banco BHD, account number <strong>26952840019<\/strong> in the name of Mar\u00eda Yenny Mercado.<\/p>\n<p>For Maximina and Selva, creativity is not only a means of livelihood, but the light that drives them forward, trusting that solidarity and social commitment can transform their story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 In the coastal neighborhood of Los Mameyes, where the sound of the sea accompanies daily life, Maximina Mercado and her daughter Selva Taveras wage a daily battle marked by strength and hope. Selva Mar\u00eda, 34 years old, has suffered from cerebral palsy since birth, a condition that requires permanent care, medication, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":477798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[20126],"class_list":["post-477797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-los-mameyes"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20ip","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-10.28.30-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-10.28.30-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}