The children at the Marsh Children's Home want to be like other kids. They want to study and to better themselves. They have the right to a dignified life - a right to receive love, protection, nourishment, medicines, clothing, and an education.

With your help, we can make all this possible. At the Marsh Children's Home, the children follow a simple schedule. They get up at 6 am, make their beds, clean their rooms and patios, then have breakfast at 7 am. At each table in the dining room one of the children is designated captain. He or she is responsible for...

Half of the world's poorest people are children and there are more babies born into poverty than ever before. Despite major advances in medicine, science and technology, one out of four babies is born into extreme poverty and adverse conditions.

The Marsh Children's Home understands that poverty is a complex problem, and has more than 25 years of experience in identifying and helping abused, beaten and abandoned children using developing models of intervention and alleviating child poverty, vulnerability and deprivation. Mamá Jovita, our founder...

Child protection is one of the primary goals of the Marsh Children's Home. Many of the children have come from abusive family settings. It is our goal to provide them a safe alternative. We make every effort to ensure that the children live in a safe and protected environment. The children are always under adult supervision, whether on the way to school or attending a weekend outing.

Furthermore, emails and online chats are monitored by our teacher to ensure...

Medical: Our primary health needs are for the youngest children at the Marsh Children's Home. Many arrive at the Home with parasites; some are anemic and suffer from malnutrition. Upon arrival, we give all children vitamins, haircuts, medicines for parasites and amoebas and a general checkup by a local physician. Children with more serious health issues or illnesses are brought immediately to the local doctor.

One of our Urgent Needs is to re-instate our in-house infirmary, which was recently converted into living quarters so that we could accept more children. We are currently looking for a donor to provide us with $5,000 (USD)...

Upon graduating from High School, many of the Children from the Marsh Home visit their home towns and search for a relative with which to live. Some search for jobs in and around Acapulco. Some of our graduates go onto college with the assistance of scholarships funded in part by Friends of Acapulco or sponsored by generous people like you!

By providing the children with a safe home in a loving environment along with a proper education and computer skills, the children at the Marsh Children's Home have been given a big boost...

Achievement is one of the Four Principles at the Marsh Children's Home. All of the Children at the Marsh Home attend school and are expected to keep up with their homework in the evenings after completing their afternoon chores. The children are taught the value of a good education and the importance of studying hard in order to create a better life for themselves.

Job Placement is one of the most important of the Services that we provide to Our Graduates. We believe it is essential that they enter the workplace directly after graduation...

One great way to Join Us in enriching the lives of the 80+ children at the Marsh Home is to Sponsor an Event. The children work hard, studying at school and then coming home and doing their assigned chores before relaxing in the evening. Achievement is one of the 4 Principles at the Marsh Home. But kids gotta be kids, too!

An outing or catered event at the Marsh Home is a fantastic way to help the kids unwind a bit and have some fun. Whether it is an afternoon at the movies, a catered event by Tacos Tarascos, Dominoes Pizza...