Sister Michaela

Sister Michaela

It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Sister Michaela Kim passed away yesterday. She died peacefully in Busan, South Korea, surrounded by many of her fellow Sisters of Mary. Funeral services will be held this Saturday, March 30. Sister Michaela spent her...
We’ve broken ground in Tanzania!

We’ve broken ground in Tanzania!

Earlier this month, construction began on our first Village for Children in Africa! The Sisters of Mary were invited to expand their program to Tanzania in the fall of 2017 by Cardinal Polycarp Pengo. He offered the sisters 40 acres of land in his archdiocese in Dar...
Life at Our Villages

Life at Our Villages

World Villages for Children supports the Boystowns and Girlstowns operated by the Sisters of Mary in the Philippines, South Korea, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras, and Tanzania. At these live-in schools, the sisters educate and care for more than 20,000 children...
Our Honduras Boystown is Expanding!

Our Honduras Boystown is Expanding!

Our Boystown in Amarateca, Honduras opened in January of 2017 with 242 boys. Over the past two years our programs have grown and we began 2019 with 635 boys attending classes and living together at the Boystown. Later this year, we’ll be beginning an expansion project...

Learn more about the children

The children at our schools come from the poorest of the poor. Each child has their own stories of what their life was before coming to our schools and how their lives are being transformed by the Sisters of Mary programs.  Read the moving stories of our children in their own words. 

Meet Our Graduates

There are 160,000+  graduates from the Sisters of Mary Schools. Many of our graduates went on to live prosperous lives, helping their families and local communities. Read the inspiring stories of our graduates in their own words. 

Life At Our Villages

Learn more about how we help children break free from a life of poverty.