Thank you for visiting my page.

I created this page to help a cause that I've seen firsthand do wonderful things for children in the most desperate situations. There are over 80 children living at ProNino now and their needs are great. They've been orphaned or abandoned by their parents, they have spent time homeless on the streets begging for food. Many have been addicted to drugs.

ProNino gives these children a place to live - but so much more - they receive detoxification and counseling, education so that they can be re-entered in the public schools, and vocational and life skills so that they can live independently after leaving the center.

I've been working with ProNino and these wonderful boys since 2003. I lived and volunteered with them for nearly a year. This organization is doing amazing work but sadly continues to struggle to raise sufficient funding to care for the increasing number of children being brought in. Please give... every donation goes a long way.
The following are several of the boys stories... their lives in their own words...

“I spent time walking the streets, robbing, begging for money, breaking into houses to steal. I ate in the street. I slept in the street. I huffed glue. Everyday I huffed glue, a whole bottle. I used marijuana sometimes two times a day. At 6 at night I used glue, marijuana or crack. I would get food from the garbage. People didn’t like me because I stole. I was raped. One day I went to the market to throw away trash. I was going to sleep in the street when I lied to them and they hit me with sticks"

"When I was 2 years old my mother died. I didn’t know her and my father left when I was 8. I saw him and called him papa but he told me that he wasn’t my father."

Now, in ProNino: 

“I thank God for giving me this opportunity that many people don’t have.”… “I was a person who begged for money and now I am here learning to weld and when I leave ProNino I want to be a good man and put into practice all that I am learning. If God allows I would like to learn English. I want to find a good job welding. I like to play soccer and I would like to be a person that knows how to weld and do electrical work and some day return to ProNino and be able to thank all of the teachers and people of the foundation who deserve it for all they have taught me. “

I know there are many demands on your charitable giving. I hope that you can find a way to support ProNino and their children.

Please send this link to anyone who you think might be interested in our cause.