They come without birth certificates bearing their name, just a brief story of tragedy and neglect. Burned in a crib, left on the doorstep, or nearly drowned by a mentally unstable mother, all of the children of Hogar carry their horrific nightmares as their only credentials.

As Sister Loretta approaches her 80th year, a time that most people hope to be comfortable in their rocking chairs, she is still raising close to 300 children on a dilapidated farm that regularly has no running water. Responsible for housing, feeding, clothing, and educating each one of them, Sister Loretta relies totally on charitable donations to care for these children.

Hit by devastating earthquakes, forgotten by the local government, and isolated in a remote desert area of Peru, it is imperative we reach out and extend supporting arms to Sister Loretta, so she may continue to provide a home for those who have been abandoned and have none.

As tirelessly as she works, she is hopelessly under funded, understaffed, and over whelmed with the volume of work needed to care for so many children. They lack so many basic details we take for granted here in the first world: Health care, dental care, transportation to school, books, clothes and toys. Sister is further burdened by an archaic school system that insists on regulation uniforms, books and equipment that greatly burdens her meager resources. Consequently, Hogar Belen often starts the new day without a single penny in the bank.