One of their service projects, for example, is to run a regular soup kitchen in the village. Some of the girls, after completing high school, have obtained scholarships to study overseas, and many do typing, textile and computer courses, etc., to learn skills which will help them become financially independent. Further funding would help the orphanage develop its educational facilities and capacity, for example by paying the salaries of a full time special needs teacher and a social worker, as well as to improve the presently very high ratio of children to staff. All who visit the Orphanage quickly become aware of the loving atmosphere. When the wife of the British Ambassador visited, she remarked that she had never seen such bright eyes in an orphanage.
Emphasis is placed on reward for good behaviour rather than punishment for poor behaviour.
Each older girl has a younger one to care for and they all participate in the daily tasks around the Home which increases their sense of being useful members of society. Creativity is considered very important, particularly dance and drama and the orphanage has its own traditional dance troupe. The girls are only very rarely given for adoption, since the idea is to give them a loving home, and not promote 'international baby business'. The girls are supposed to leave the Orphanage at the age of 18, but such is their love for the Home that many of them build houses around the perimeter so they remain part of the Tierra Santa community. Sponsor a child .