by Kevin Wells | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Children
It happened again. A minor catastrophe reared up in one fell swoop this past week – all the water dried up at Girlstown in Chalco, Mexico. The underground water pump, which had started showing small signs of disrepair, finally stopped functioning and began to spit out...
by Kevin Wells | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Children
A SERIES ON STUDENTS FROM CHALCO AND GUADALJARA CHALCO, Mexico – Graduation this past Sunday staggered some. Understandably, tears flowed. Three hundred and seventy-seven young ladies stepped from the saving lands of Villa de los Ninos to set foot into a world they...
by Kevin Wells | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog, Children
A SERIES ON STUDENTS FROM CHALCO AND GUADALAJARA Zayra, 13, from a tiny village in the mountains of Guerrero Perhaps no one in Mexico knows Loma Larga Mountain (Long Hill Mountain) as well as Zayra, who wears a worn scapular around her slender neck. As a small child,...
by Kevin Wells | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog, Children
PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES OF VIGNETTES ON THE YOUNG LADIES AND MEN OF CHALCO AND GUADALAJARA, MEXICO. Many of those drawn to the astounding mission of Fr. Al inquire about the young men and women in the Sisters of Mary’s care. Infrequently asked at World Villages...
by Kevin Wells | May 28, 2020 | Blog, Children
CHALCO, Mexico – Last week, I was deep into the Mexican interior on a long and radio-less car ride from Guadalajara to Chalco. My traveling companions were tired and quiet as we passed brush fires high up on mountains, lonesome haciendas and sombreroed cowboys minding...
by worldvillagdev | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog, Children, Sisters
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...
