Las Casas

La Casa de Los Hardings is where our family atmosphere is rooted. This house can be located by the vigorous singing, led by their mom and director, Melissa Harding. The foot traffic in la Casa Grande outranks any other place on campus. Babies learn to toddle. Kids dribble futbóls. Grown children and house assistants rush to kiss scraped knees or stir a giant pot of rice. Teen moms scoop up their little ones and even strangers arrive in need of assistance. The Hardings is the heart of Familia Feliz.

Currently the only girls' home on campus, the Casa de Las Lilas is always a bustle. From art projects to fútbol, reading, and just hanging out, there's never a dull moment. Our 8 little girls in the Lilas are aged 3-13. Their wide variety of ages and personalities keep life as colorful as their namesake flowers.

Probably the most affectionate house on campus, you're not likely to escape the Casa de Los Leones without a hug. These little guys, aged 3-12, fit the biggest smiles onto the smallest faces. Our lions love building anything from Legos to paper airplanes and treat the world as their jungle gym.

The Casa del Guerreros houses our older boys, along with four five- to seven-year-olds. They might want you to believe they're the tough warriors their name suggests, but these dudes are really some of the sweetest kids on campus. When looking for these guys, the fútbol field or their fort in the woods are always a good place to start. There's truly not a more hilarious group of chicos anywhere in South America.

Our newest house on campus, La Casa de Las Dalias provides care for fourteen girls aged 8-14, and Selim, their three-year-old boy who just loves his big sisters too much to move out to one of the boys’ houses yet!