El Hogar "San Pedro"

The mission el El Hogar "San Pedro" is to take care of the basic needs of orphan girls, providing them with food, clothing, health care, and education and to prepare them as good citizens able to build a family and a free, peaceful, unified and just society. Located in Cusco, Peru, El Hogar "San Pedro" (St. Peter's Orphanage) is an orphanage for girls from the poorest families in Cusco and surrounding towns. The Our Lady of Mercy Sisters (not related to the American order) serve as mothers for these girls and take care of them with love and responsibility from childhood, into the transition to adulthood.

Girls living in the orphanage have lost both parents or been abandoned by their families. In addition to seeing to their basic needs including nutrition, clothing and health care, El Hogar "San Pedro" focuses on the girls' comprehensive development.

One of the most significant contributions of the Mercedarian Sisters is their adult presence and commitment to the girls' personal development. They are the only adults in the lives of these girls who have suffered such loss. By sharing meals, listening to the details of their daily live,s giving lots of affection, teaching domestic chores, disciplining within freedom, and serving as spiritual guides, our Sisters give the girls an understanding of love, work, honesty and honor.