With the Holy Family as a model, our Honduran house parents lovingly raise six to eight children in each orphan home. With the support of the larger Farm community of volunteers and staff, the house parents raise the orphan children along side their own children. The orphan children range in age from one to sixteen, with a roughly equivalent number of boys and girls. Each home is dedicated to children of the same age and developmental stage. There are six family-style homes, each named for a patron saint, that make up the Farm of the Child community.

Have links here for each house and photos:

St. John the Baptist Home: Girls ages 1-7
St. Anthony Home: Girls ages 8-12
Our Lady of Suyapa Home : Boys ages 1-8
Our Lady of Guadalupe Home:  Boys ages 9-12
St. Joseph Home:  Boys ages 13-16
St. Francis Home: Girls ages 13-16

Children come from all over Honduras with widely varying family backgrounds. Some children have lost both parents, some have been abandoned by family members, while still others have parents who are unable to care for them due to illness, incarceration, mental instability, or family difficulties. Each child arrives with his or her own story and challenges. The children are nurtured in this family setting until they are ready for independent living, taking with them the gifts of faith and education to begin a productive life.

After graduation from junior high, children move from the family-style homes located on the Farm to our adolescent homes in the city of La Ceiba, where they attend high school, receive advanced vocational training and prepare for independent living.