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We are recruiting board members

for September 2024

 

If you have a desire to serve as a board member for our cause,
we want to talk to you!

 

 

Click here to download an application form.

Send the completed form to [email protected] to apply now.

Contact our office if you would like more details!

 

 

 

 

 

How You Can Make a Difference

 

 

Sponsor a Child

Transform the life of a child through sponsorship. Children at NPH, known as pequeños (Spanish for “little ones”), call their sponsors padrino or madrina Spanish for “godfather” and “godmother”.  As a godparent, you are essential to the life of your godchild. Ongoing financial support provides food, clothing, healthcare, education, and a home. You will become a part of your godchild’s life and offer critical emotional support. Learn more by clicking here, or become a godparent today by emailing [email protected]

 

 

Sponsor a Family

Help break the cycle of poverty by supporting families in the surrounding community.  In accordance with the United Nations guidelines for children living in alternative care released in 2010, NPH developed the OneFamily program to provide a continuum of care to children who reintegrate with their families. Providing families with assistance needed to care for their children, we can empower them to reach their goals, while also helping to strengthen families and communities. Learn more by clicking here, or sponsor a family right away by emailing [email protected]

 

 

Adopt a Nurse

These professionals work with the added stress of gunfire, kidnappings and failed government and infrastructure. The wild valuation of the local currency means they cannot rely on the purchasing power of their wages. Diesel fuel is required to be trucked through gang-controlled road checks to feed the electrical generators of the hospital. Water purification is required to avoid the spread of diseases. Some nights the staff will choose to sleep in the hospital rather than risk being kidnapped on the way home or on their return to work. Learn more about the program here.

 

Adopt a Nurse now

 

 

 

Adopt a Classroom

Please consider supporting FOTOCAN’s Special Project for Education by adopting  a classroom with a $35, $50, $100 or other monthly donation. Your donations will directly impact the quality of education being provided to students living at NPH-Dominican Republic, as well as students living with their biological families in the surrounding bateys. Your classroom full of eager learners will receive gifts of school supplies, educational programs, multilingual books, and field trips, directly from you!

Learn more about the program here.

 

Adopt a Classroom now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“You may only be one person in the world, but you may be all the world to one child”

-Fr. William B. Wasson, founder of NPH

 

Need to brush up on your Spanish?

 

If you're planning to visit a Spanish speaking country, or joining one of our abroad projects, Ruth Blass would be happy to instruct you! Take a look at the information below if you're interested.

 

 

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  It's the middle of another Canadian summer and with the 27 degree weather, I've decided to be on my computer. The reason? I'm excited for the future of FOTOCAN.

After the pandemic, a slight drop in donations and a shift in board memberships, we are back on track to becoming a vital aide to the NPH family.

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Update on Projects March 2023
March 01, 2023 | by: Joy King

 

Hola from Dominican Republic, where we are currently  conducting the second of our in-country projects. You will be able to see exactly what we have accomplished in Peru, where we wrapped up a project at the beginning of February, in Dominican Republic ,where we are currently working, and in Guatemala, where our electric project begins April 25. 

 

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