by Josh Cooper | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Josh Cooper | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Josh Cooper | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Josh Cooper | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog
Ana Abigail is a second-year student at our Girlstown in Guatemala. In her fifteen years, she has experienced many difficulties. Her father died before she was born and her and her mother lived with her grandparents and other extended family. When she was seven years...
by Josh Cooper | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog
Dear Benefactors and Friends, I warmly greet each one of you: have a Happy and Blessed Year 2019! This simple message is a reflection on the passage from the gospel of St. John: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear...
