NPH Nicaragua

On May 11, 1994, NPH Nicaragua became the fourth NPH home in Central America. With the arrival of the first four children, a small house was rented in the town of Granada, 35 miles southeast of Managua. More children arrived every week so the small house was quickly outgrown. New property was acquired on Ometepe Island, a long, rough and wet boat ride from Granada across Lake Nicaragua. Finca San Marcos was the first property bought by NPH in 1994. It was soon too small to serve the needs of children, but continued to be used for farmland, as the pequeños moved away to a new property, christened Casa Santiago. Young children, ages seven and under, still remained on the mainland at Casa Asis in San Jorge.

Casa Padre Wasson

In 2005, the need arose to relocate our family from the island to the mainland, due to the volcanic activity of Volcano Concepcion. The new home for our NPH family was named after Father Wasson, “Casa Padre Wasson”, and is situated near the town of Jinotepe, one hour outside of Managua. Beginning in 2009, the first group of pequeños attending vocational school, made Casa Padre Wasson their new home, while construction continued.

In the last months of 2010, with 12 houses built, a dining hall and elementary school, the rest of the NPH Nicaragua family left Ometepe Island and moved to Casa Padre Wasson. There they were joined by the majority of the children from Casa Asis. High school and university students continue to live in student homes in the capital, Managua.

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