The Girls’ Village—as well as the Boys’ Village, dedicated to caring for boys—are part of a nonprofit organization run by the Sisters of Mary, a foundation of the Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, an American priest who died in 1992.
According to their websiteworldwide have helped “more than 150,000 children and their families free themselves from a life of poverty.”
Currently the Girls’ Villas and the Boys’ Villas They have a presence in six countries: Korea, Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras and Tanzania.