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The education system in Peru still has many challenges to resolve in order to close the educational gap throughout the country and vindicate the right to education with equal opportunities. One of the biggest...
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I was 10 years old when my family came to NPH. You see, I am 1 of 6 children. I have 3 brothers, Orlando, Roberto, Eduardo, and my 2 sisters, Argentina and Esperanza who died a few months ago in a traffic...
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Despite NPH’s commitment to positive change, 2021 brought no shortage of obstacles . Beset by a devastating global pandemic, evolving trends in donations , and a natural disaster, the organization fought to...
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I sit before a blank screen and will and woo words, hoping they will suddenly form and leap out onto my fingers. Not much leaping going on am afraid! Feels more like they are being dragged out begrudgingly,...
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All children who come to our home Casa San Andrés have their individual story to tell. They come from difficult backgrounds with social instabilities, abuse and neglect of their universal child rights in their...
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Food insecurity impacts 3.3 million Hondurans, including many minors, according to the World Food Program. Hunger has grown here in recent years due to many reasons, including natural disasters, health crises,...
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With joy, I share with all of you the joy of celebrating 28 years of serving and sharing the love of family (Father Wasson’s essential legacy) with the NPH Nicaragua’ community. On our anniversary, we...
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NPH Honduras joins global efforts that support and empower youths to reach their full potential and become leaders who are agents of social change. According to the Country Gender Profile on Honduras prepared...
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Dear NPH Family, I am pleased to announce Dr. Pascale Yola Gassant Heurtelou as the new National Director of St. Damien’s hospital effective May 2, 2022. She succeeds National Director Dr. Jacqueline Gautier,...
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Josué Aarón Henríquez is a young man who is in his first year of service. He is originally from San Jerónimo, a farm town with a population of around 48,000 near Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast. The area’s main...
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The highs and lows of Haiti will remain with me forever. Suffice to say, in my 10 years on the Haitian side of the island of Hispaniola, there have been many lessons learned, character traits that I have...
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One night in 2004, Michel, a 13-year-old boy, was lit up by headlights as he walked along the national highway that connects the cities of Cochabamba with Santa Cruz. He worked at night, selling bags of food...
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Studies from 2018 by several United Nations organizations found that nearly 141,000 Dominicans are registered as having at least one disability, of which more than a third of those age 15 years or older could...
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Dear friends, This year we received 33 children from different states of Mexico. 70% of them came to us from conditions of extreme poverty, mainly from indigenous communities where they did not have the...
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From a young age, Hortencia had always enjoyed studying. Entering NPH Mexico gave her the platform she needed to progress in her education. She performed well at school and she endeared herself to her...
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In Guatemala, the right to an education is enshrined in the constitution. Primary schooling is mandatory, the law states that children must go to school for six years. However, absenteeism is not prosecuted....
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Economic empowerment is key to transforming the discrimination and deficiencies that women continue to face in Guatemala. Less access to services, particularly to education, limits the employment and income...
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Youth make up 29.61% of the Honduran population, according to the platform Population Pyramids 2022. Of these, only the 24% have access to continue studying after they turn 14-years-old, according to ASJ,...
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Jean Max has been working as a radiologist at the St. Damien pediatric hospital in Port-au-Prince for a few years now, interpreting images and providing diagnoses in maternity and gynecology, among other...
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Darich Muñoz is originally from the island of Ometepe, Rivas. He comes from a simple and very religious family, growing up with his parents and other siblings. His mother was the one who took care of the needs...
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Soledad* was born on June 6th, 2001. She joined NPH when she was three months old because her family lived in extreme poverty. When Soledad first arrived at NPH, she lived in the Asis House, which was the...
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Before I became part of the NPH family, my life was focused on surviving and keeping my dreams alive. There was no room for celebrations of any kind. Christmas was an annual routine in which I only ate and...
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NPH Peru’s One Family program began in 2018 to restore the child’s right to live in a family. The work started with the analysis of families with the potential to be beneficiaries of the program....
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Marisela lives with her family of five in a small brick house with dirt floors. Her house is in a vulnerable community right on the road that connects the NPH El Salvador facility with the highway. Marisela...
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As part of the graduation modality Ejercicio Práctico Supervisado – Supervised Practical Exercise – Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos provides pathways to conduct the activities in different areas. One of...
0Gia Riney, Director Communications, NPHI As widely reported, a group of 17 missionaries from the nonprofit organization Christian Aid Ministries was kidnapped in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, 16 October....
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Modern people like to think that mankind controls nature, but sometimes the forces of nature remind us of their immense power in destructive ways. Recently, Haiti was the site of two such disastrous events....
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Violeta Guerrera*, 35-years-old, was born in a semi-urban town in the state of Chimaltenango. She grew up as the second youngest daughter with her ten brothers and sisters. Her family’s extreme poverty did not...
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In Bolivia, 17.8% of children between 6- and 11-years-old were not enrolled in primary school in 2016, according to data from the UDAPE 2016 (Unit for Analysis of Social and Economic Policies). This figure is...
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Sherlin is 17 years old. He joined the NPH Peru family in July 2011 with his two siblings, Michell and Marcel. Sherlin finished high school in 2020 and currently he is doing his year of service at Casa Santa...
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Maribel arrived at NPH Bolivia in 2005 with her older brother. Within the first year of NPH Bolivia opening its doors, Maribel* arrived with her brother when she was 4 years old and now, after 15 years at the...
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After long days of rehearsals, the students of the Rancho Santa Fe School at NPH Honduras, come together to celebrate 200 years of Honduras’ independence on 15 September, 2021. The great Bicentennial of...
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Sometimes a woman can achieve a lot for herself and her family if she can get some support during a crucial time. NPH Honduras promotes initiatives that help women to reach their potential through various...
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I traveled around the hardest-hit areas in southern Haiti with the team sent by NPH, so I got to see how some communities had only mild damage, while other places really had been destroyed. One of the most...
0Adonis Pio, Communication Officer at NPH Dominican Republic COVID-19 has had a huge impact across the world during the past 18 months. It has claimed over 4.5 million lives, with 4,000 deaths reported in the...
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There is a Haitian proverb that says “bonjou se paspo ou” or “a hello is your passport.” In Haiti, it is considered very impolite to enter a town you have never been to without saying good morning. Usually,...
0The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the southern side of the country couldn’t have come at a worse possible time, just as a category 5 storm is forecasted, as we mourn the death of our late president, and...
0Géhy Jean Noel, Assistant National Director I recall the day 12 January 2010, when I experienced an earthquake for the first time in my life while living at the Ste. Helene home, in Kenscoff with my NPH...
0Gia Riney, NPHI Director Communications A 7.2 magnitude earthquake occurred near Haiti early this morning, Saturday, 14 August. The earthquake was about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of...
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José Luis is affectionately known as “Chepe”. He entered NPH Guatemala in January 2001, when he was 14-years-old, after an impoverished childhood with an inadequate education. He grew up in the state of...
0Nicholas Rogers, NPHI Communications Manager The Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his residence in the early hours of Wednesday 7 July, which has also left his wife Martine Moïse...
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NPH Bolivia, which currently serves as a home for 108 children, is located in the beautiful countryside of the Department of Santa Cruz. Only a very small part of the entire property is used as living space;...
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Bridget Walde’s first interaction with NPH came well before she ever decided to become a volunteer. The St. Paul, Minnesota native had the opportunity to visit the NPH Nicaragua home on two occasions while in...
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Tuesdays are my sweaty days. Granted, most days are sweaty in the humid Bolivian jungle, but on Tuesdays I make the mile and a half walk from the NPH campus to Unidad Educativa Milena Paz Antelo II, the local...
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