Stories
of success and happiness
How do you measure success? Is it the number of people we served? Or the amount of money we received and put to the good cause?
We like to refer to personal development as success. One child at a time. Our success stories are very personal ones. I remember a therapist telling me with frustration, that her director did not see the success. The director wanted to see numbers. And she told him: “Look, this child is speaking now! And that child is following classes at school!” Both were success stories after months of working with a child that did not speak or with a student who was unable to sit and listen”.
You may only be one person in the world, but you may be all the world to one child.
Padre Wasson
The investment you can see in numbers is when we spend money. What is more difficult to see is the time we spend mentoring youth or parents. Sometimes a little piece of information can turn around a life and create happiness. Sometimes we spend days with family members in tragic situations. Some stories remain private, not all of those we work with – or those who work with us – want to be presented. We respect that.
Our success stories usually produce happiness. And we hope, they make you happy too! Let us know.
Supporting the Next Generation: Alumni Organization in Mexico
Discover how a group of alumni in Mexico came together to form an association, relying on a chat-group to communicate and support each other through medical needs and bereavement costs. In Mexico, a group of alumni organized themselves into an association last...
Two birthdays and a stipend
Some of the students in five countries who study thanks to the support of our donors. School grades matter all too often in life. See how proud these young women and men or even the children are when they succeed and get a diploma. But what about the birthdays? Read on…
How Frantzy got his smile back
Frantzy here with son Oliver and wife Wouseline. While the prosthesis isn't the implant needed (it's a lot more expensive) it's a huge improvement and Frantzy's smile is a reflection of a healing soul.Frantzy Joseph and Moise Frechette both grew up in Padre Wasson's...
Three families in Honduras
Andrea and her parents visibly happy about her excellent grades and the confidence that one day they will have a better life.Since the middle of the year we have taken over the processing of scholarships for school children from three families in Honduras. dr Georg...
Single mother Dalila Tes and her children in Guatemala
Angel Josue measuring his work clothes for his internship last Friday.Dalila Tes writes from Guatemala after thanking her for taking care of our future as a mother of two: "Yes, thank you, the children are the best thing that has happened to me in my life, as are the...
Our scholarship holder Brandy Cabezas in Nicaragua
Brandy Cabezas is in the second semester of her medical studies in NicaraguaBrandy often writes quite bluntly, like here: "Today I was in the hospital and I saw pictures of the placenta and the uterus and they also showed me some cells, now it's my turn to...
Better than prayer
What is better than prayer? Let me get to the point of this post: Wouseline and Frantzy, two caring parents in Haiti, both just lost their jobs. Which almost immediately means the family has nothing to eat and they get desperate. The point is: that while we...
Kervens Edouard (Haiti): Economics
Kervens is a bright young man. He has applied to the University of Heidelberg for a place at university. He writes about his motivation: "For more than two years, Haiti has faced one of the worst political and economic crises, affecting life in all areas including...
Wilmer Ernesto Erazo (El Salvador): Dentistry
Wilmer first came to Europe as a teenager with Father Wasson, where he was allowed to visit his godmother and proved to be a true talent for languages. Although he later had a chance to stay in Germany, he decided to study dentistry in El Salvador. Despite many...
Lennard Cabezas (Nicaragua): Medicine
In 2019, we became aware of the young man who described to us his wonderful-beauti- ful motivation why he wants to become a doctor. He lives with his parents and two sis- ters in a very simple house near the Panamericana. They have some land where they have planted...