Following the spiral of violence and poverty hitting the Central American nations of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala the number of orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children is constantly increasing. Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos™ (NPH), which in English means “Our Little Brothers and Sister”, provide a permanent family and home for them. Boys and girls are raised in a loving environment, secure in the knowledge they will never be forced to leave the Home, separated from their siblings, nor given up for adoption. In addition to food, clothing, shelter, medical care and a good education, the children spiritual and emotional needs are nourished, empowering them to be adults able to break the cycle of poverty, once their destiny.

N.P.H. was founded in 1954 by Father W. Wasson in Mexico. Since then, Homes have been built also in El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru, which over time have saved, welcomed and raised thousands of children.          

Each Home is unique and special but they all offer in the same way love and security, giving importance to education and teaching the values of sharing, work and responsibility. Education is a priority and is one of the most important tools that N.P.H. can offer to children to break the cycle of poverty that surrounds them, helping them to become independent adults.
The assistance to the children is provided by local collaborators called “tios” , which means “Aunt” and “Uncle” and by volunteers from all around the world.    

N.P.H. Homes are like a miniature village or rather a “campus” recreating the environment and the atmosphere of a real, broad family: there are many small houses where children in groups by age and sex, eat and sleep, schools also opened to the children of the poor surroundings, the hospital or medical clinic, a church, a farm and crops for their livelihood, a football field or basketball court, the cemetery.

N.P.H. HOMES

In 2012 Albertina D’Urso, during her trip across Latin America countries, has visited some N.P.H. Homes:

N.P.H. Honduras. Rancho Santa Fé: 400 hundred boys and girls make their home in this vast wooded oasis in the hills while an additional 100 youths study and live in the capital, Tegucigalpa. The home operates a Montessori-based preschool and elementary school, junior high school and vocational workshops. Each student is required to take courses in a specific trade as well as a life skills/home economics classroom for all students to learn the basics that will help them succeed in their personal lives.

N.P.H. Nicaragua. Casa Padre Wasson accommodate over 250 children living in 16 homes. An additional 175 students are supported through a scholarship program. Two additional properties also function as farms, providing chicken and egg production and also a variety of vegetables.

N.P.H. Guatemala. In 2000, Casa San Andres opened its doors to impoverished children from the community to offer educational scholarships. The program has been so successful that the home now has over 300 external students. Apart from the school campus, there are dormitories for the children who permanently live at the home, kitchen and common dining room, library and a computer room.

N.P.H. El Salvador. Currently 348 children and youths live in the Sagrada Familia home or in the high school and university student homes in Santa Ana.

Fondazione Francesca Rava – NPH Italy Onlus would like to thank Albertina D’Urso for her time and professional contribution, for her non stop friendship and loving support to the children of NPH, in Haiti and other poor countries in Latin America.