Two-year-old Marisol was abandoned by her 15-year-old mother after she tried to sell her. The court awarded Sister Edith custody. The two young ladies below have lived most of their lives at the Hogar San José, also abandoned by their parents. The Hogar San José provides a safe and secure home for 15 children. This Galera that is being constructed to sell food and is being built entirely with donations will provide Sister Edith the self-suffiency needed to support the children, even after the Fundación Señor San José moves to its new home being constructed across town near the high school. The new home will have a capacity for 29 children and will be a model for the country. A looming problem in the immediate future will be the finances required to support them. 

Each month the new Hogar Señor San José takes tangible form and before our eyes is being transformed into an awesome entity that promises to surpass our wildest expectations. The solidity and permanence of this new home for the at-risk children of our community shouts out to be a model for the country at its strategic center, at its very heart. As it should be, for the children are the heart of our community and the promise of its future. Thank you Sister Edith for your vision and dedication to a cause too often neglected.