The PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL (PCI) Casa Materna (Mother’s House) in Huehuetenango, serves as a cultural bridge. Since the year 2000, more than 40,000 women have received culturally-sensitive birth-related care. The staff provides women with medical evaluations, delivery services, medicine and support during and between pregnancies, to ensure healthy births. Each year, as many as 12,000 mothers and infants also receive shelter for up to one week along with the staff’s care and attention to their emotional and physical needs. The facility is run by community health workers in coordination with the Guatemalan Ministry of Health. Since it first began offering services, complications and maternal deaths due to childbirth have been significantly reduced.