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Adonis 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...
0Executive Directors of NPH Haiti and St. Luke Foundation The NPH Organization announces that one of its staff, Mrs. Marie Ange Beril, was kidnapped on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. She is the Director of 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...
0Gia Riney, NPHI Director Communications Marie Bénicia Benoit has been freed. She was released this morning in good health. She is now resting with her family. The relief felt by the St. Damien team, as well as...
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...
0Dr. Jacqueline Gautier and Fr. Richard Leo Frechette The Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs – NPFS and The St. Luke Foundation for Haiti (FSL), learned with dismay of the kidnapping of their employee, Ms. Marie...
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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To help make this dream come true I chose to give back to the world and society that have given me so much. I chose to collaborate with an NGO (nongovernmental organization) and dedicate my time, effort, and...
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The decisions we made prior to this predicament did not envision an abrupt change in our projections. If I think about the months before I left Chile before coming to Honduras to volunteer as an Occupational...
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Mariano currently studies nursing. He says he likes his career very much, because he helps a lot of people and one day wants to work in a clinic. Mariano shares more about his life and heritage. In the...
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The psychology and family services departments have worked together to provide all children with sessions in a structured and supportive environment to explore the emotional impact that the earthquake had on...
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The groups that meet in the communities utilize the same format as those in our residential home: The participants receive an open space in which girls of various ages can boost their self-esteem, build a...
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Erica is a 28-year-old mother, residing in the Canaan neighborhood on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. She survives on an informal income, selling fruit and vegetables in the city, earning...
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These programs address the holistic definition of health championed by such groups as the World Health Organization, which includes physical, mental, and social well-being. Originally from nearby San Andrés...
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Pamela is a six-year-old girl who is studying at our “Centro de Atención Infantil” (CAI). She is the oldest of four siblings – Miguel,* 4 years old (also attending CAI); Guillermo,* 2 years old, and Lily,* 4...
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Coming from a disadvantaged situation, Ever was pleased to find all the different opportunities that NPH offered. He took advantage of these chances by studying hard, participating in the home’s soccer team,...
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Susy is in second grade at our NPH El Salvador school. Every day, she wakes up, gets ready, and walks to class. Susy lives with her parents and her little 4-year-old brother, just 10 minutes away from the...
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Casa Sagrada Familia is a beautiful place to live. It is home to 102 children who come from vulnerable situations and belong to the NPH El Salvador family. Located off the main highway between the busy city of...
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Kids need nutritious food to develop healthily. The NPH Mexico home in Miacatlán, Morelos, has found a cost-effective way to provide a healthy diet for its children and adolescents by growing vegetables in its...
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Have you ever wondered how many people around the world have clean water to drink? How many children are sure that they will have something to eat tomorrow? Do you know how many people lack electricity?...
0Damarie Egide Voight, St. Damien Hospital Communication Officer Haiti has descended into hell since its tourism boom of the 1980s. Haitians lost their political stability long ago, even before the devastating...
0Father William Wasson, the founder of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, once said, “My very soul cries out and forces me to go where there are starving children”. His experiences with children and youths who had...
0Daniel Zapata, Linette Gomez and Nicholas Rogers NPH Mexico has two of its four homes in the state of Morelos; one in the city of Cuernavaca, where the high school students reside, and the other in the town of...
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Poverty affects large sectors of the population in each of the nine countries where Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos serves. Mexico, where NPH was first established in 1954, is often seen as one of the more...
0International organizations and foreign donors support NPH Honduras in bringing hope to more than 1,000 people in northern Honduras through a medical and psychological brigade and delivering biosafety supplies...
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Pablo is 40-years-old. He lives with his 10-year-old son Sebastián and his wife María. They live in Batey Nuevo, just a few streets away from Casa Santa Ana: home to NPH Dominican Republic. The bateyes are...
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Despite the difficult moments our country is going through, Banco de Alimentos reaffirms its commitment to support NPH Peru through various donations of food and hygiene products. During the COVID-19 crisis,...
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I am pleased to announce Patricia Rueda as the new NPH Bolivia National Director effective from 14 September 2020. She succeeds National Director Tom Kuiper, who returned to the Netherlands in mid-October....
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Dear World, I’m happy to write to you all! I arrived to NPH in 1994 with my five siblings when I was less than 12 months old. Now I am 25-years-old and I am in the second year at the National University,...
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Since 2016, NPH’s OneFamily program has provided support for struggling families. It has also helped reintegrate children who had previously lived at Casa San Andrés in NPH Guatemala back into their biological...
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Obstetricians Hansa David and Josette Michel, are completing an internship at the Ospedale dei bambini Buzzi, Milan, to increase their knowledge on labor and delivery to raise awareness about the confrontation...
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As a result of the recent and imminent hospital closings, St. Damien is experiencing a tremendous increase in demand for services, particularly from women in labor and children, putting a significant strain on...
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