Warmi Huasi Marks 20 Years of Service to Peru’s Youth

Warmi Huasi Marks 20 Years of Service to Peru’s Youth

Warmi Huasi, the NGO founded by Columban missionaries in Peru, has published its annual report highlighting its work for 2023 and marking 20 years of service to vulnerable Peruvian children and adolescents. This project empowered communities North of Lima in the...
Warmi Huasi Project promotes childrens’ rights in Peru

Warmi Huasi Project promotes childrens’ rights in Peru

The work of the Warmi Huasi Project in Peru during 2021. Warmi Huasi was set up by Columban missionary Fr Ed O’Connell to accompany families, especially children at risk, who are living in situations of poverty. The name Warmi Huasi comes from the Indian Quechua...
San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

Columban missionary Fr Ed O’Connell writes from Peru about the desperate plight of the people of San Benito, a township on the outskirts of the capital Lima, who have been severely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Mass unemployment connected to the Covid-19...
Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

When the women of San Benito voiced their concern over their children’s future saying, “The children, the young children, we have to do something about the children, they are at risk”, Columban Fr Ed O’Connell and the Warmi Huasi team decided to do something....