A group of twenty children from Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos Nicaragua visited Phoenix last week, part of a fundraising tour sponsored by Friends of the Orphans. FOTO held its annual "Faces of Hope" fiesta at a Scottsdale resort, which included a dinner, auction and a performance by the children.
NPH now has children's homes in nine countries: Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatelmala, El Salvador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Peru. Next to Haiti, Nicaragua is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. The children of Nicaragua lived on Ometepe Island until this past week when they moved off the island and onto the mainland to their new home, about an hour's drive from Managua. The volcano on the island has been threatening to erupt and it was necessary to move the children for safety reasons.
My sister Joan and I volunteered in the office prior to the fiesta and helped organize the silent auction items that had been donated. Brother Joe offered his house in Flagstaff where the kids stayed for one night on their way to visit the Grand Canyon, a treat following their final performance at Most Holy Trinity school. Joan and Fritz also hosted Fr. Ron Hicks in their home. Fr. Ron is the Central American Director responsible for the homes in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Next October, children from El Salvador will be visiting the Valley.
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