Casa de Paz, Preparing Baja Children for a Successful Transition to Adulthood Mary Ellis - Baja Times
go to original August 17, 2013

FLOC - Casa De Paz Orphanage (Future Leaders of Our Community)

ROSARITO, BC - Many people in the Rosarito to Ensenada area are familiar with the Casa de Paz Orphanage in the quiet small town of El Porvenir in Baja’s Guadalupe Valley, Mexico’s answer to the Napa Valley in California.

However, some may not know that Casa de Paz currently has 52 Children ranging from 2 to 20. All are children who have been orphaned or are there under the auspices of the Mexico Family welfare organization abbreviated as DIF. On any given day, the population of Casa de Paz can abruptly rise by 3 to 7 children when DIF unexpectedly brings them to the orphanage. Some of these children will stay for a few weeks; some will be there indefinitely. DIF often takes children to nearby orphanages when the children’s parents no longer are able to feed and care for their own children properly.

In addition to having a large number of children at its Orphanage, Casa de Paz is one of the very few homes that will take special needs children. Presently, there are 11 such children and young adults being cared for around the clock in the special needs house. Their care is remarkable at CdP mainly because of the dedication of the house parents in the Special Needs house.

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