by worldvillagdev | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog, Children
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 worldvillagdev | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Children
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 worldvillagdev | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Children
Construction of the new Sisters of Mary Girlstown in Tanzania is set to begin later this year, on land given to them outside of Dar es Salaam. In the interim, the sisters have opened a small training center for young women in the area where they are...
by worldvillagdev | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog, Children, Sisters
The Sisters of Mary have begun preparing for Christmas at each of the Boystowns and Girlstowns. The children in our programs have known such hardship and poverty during their lives. Many had never received a Christmas present before coming to our schools. The...
by worldvillagdev | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog, Children
Last week, girls from the Sisters of Mary schools in Biga and Talisay won the St. Paul National Bible Quiz championship in their respective regions! Both teams competed in the grand championship yesterday. Out of the 12 teams that qualified for the championship round,...
by worldvillagdev | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog, Children
SISTER GIRLIE SHARES HER EXPERIENCES I had the opportunity to recruit children from different provinces of Honduras. The trip was quite long and tiresome but the thought of those girls who were coming from the most remote parts of their provinces inspired me to bear...
