Faith Matters - The Church Program

Every night more than 800,000,000 people go to bed hungry - if they have a bed to go to.

Sixty years ago, the children’s aid organization Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, or NPH for short, was born in Mexico. Father William Wasson, an American priest, rescued a boy from a harsh prison sentence for stealing from the church poor box "because he was hungry." From that simple act of compassion grew an organization that now cares for orphaned, abandoned and poor children in nine Latin American countries.

This report explores Father Wasson’s legacy in three of the countries in which NPH operates. A woman looks back on her life in Mexico; a young boy talks about his experiences in Haiti; and a young girl describes her life in Peru. In the loving environment created by Father Wasson, these marginalized children were able to discover that life can mean trust and safety, emotional security, joy, and much, much more.