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Interview with Shirley Núñez Guilleuma, national coordinator of Caritas’ largest program: that of the elderly. The text leads us to meditate on human issues as important as family and society; her day-to-day life as a Christian dedicated to her faith, to her complex work as a professional and to the family made up of her husband, three children and a little granddy; on what basis his family has been founded, what has been the dynamics they have been building, how values training and the education of children has worked, what has been the relationship between Christian family and society…

The text shows the work done in Cuba by the Slave Adoratric Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity, which seeks to approach women affected by various forms of slavery, especially prostitution. With great international experience, the sisters of this religious institute welcome young people exposed to this reality and, from various actions of accompaniment and formation, help them to remake their lives, to see themselves differently, to discover their own potentials and develop them to change their lives, in short, to grow and liberate themselves.

A female religious community is committed to the care of life and promotes in the diocese of Camaguey the Esperanza Project, an interesting initiative that accompanies pregnant women not to opt for abortion. Her message emphasizes the gift of motherhood.