Ninos del Sol

A Revolutionary Children’s Home in Peru’s Sacred Valley

Since 1990, Niños del Sol has been raising a group of orphaned and abandoned youth in a non-traditional Children’s Home. Instead of an institution, they’ve grown up as a family, with daily yoga, meditation, and lots of love.

Our final months

We are celebrating a successful end to our mission!

NOTE TO MONTHLY DONORS: Your donations will automatically stop after the March installment.

Join us for closing ceremonies!

All the details are at the link


After our founder, Mama Kia, passed away, the current administrators took over with a simple goal in mind: To keep her children together as a family and raise them to adulthood.

Over the years, that mission grew to include providing a college education and supporting each youth until they were ready for adult life.

Now, at the beginning of 2025, our youngest has turned 18 and graduated high school. Our mission as a children’s home is complete!

We’re celebrating with a ceremony weekend on March 2&3, 2025, and our entire Global Family is invited to join us! (please rsvp at the link)

Although officially our work as a Children’s Home will be complete, we still have four youths enrolled in college. We’ve secured sponsors to cover their expenses, but we’re still pooling funds to leave behind an emergency fund for them.

If you’d like to help, you can make a donation at this link:


This video gives a great overview of our history, our mission, and our kids.

A Revolution in Love and Healing

Our innovative program works.

Today, these kids are graduating college and beginning careers in filmmaking, science, tourism, and the arts. Three have even volunteered on a kibbutz in Israel.

These “disadvantaged” kids are bringing prosperity to their villages, inspiring other young people in their village to dream bigger — and breaking cycles of poverty and abuse in their families forever.

Our kids know how to grow food organically and take turns preparing nourishing meals. 

Yoga, mindfulness, and meditation help them deal with the pressures of adolescence and young adulthood.

Our innovative program has received ZERO government funding or grants. Everything we have accomplished was funded by loving hearts like yours. Together, we have changed lives.

Our Groundbreaking Educational Initiative

Kids who are “in the system” often find themselves facing a tragic lack of support when they’ve finished high school, during a vulnerable time of life that will lay the foundation for their future.

That’s why we provide a second home —an apartment in Cusco * — to support our college-age kids while they follow their dreams and live semi-independently.

* During the pandemic, we’ve been forced to close our second location. Most of our post-secondary students are studying remotely from our main location in Urubamba, and we remain committed to supporting them into their adult careers.

Our kids have earned this support. One of our girls was the youngest ever admitted to the Chemical Engineering program at Cusco University. Others are studying economics, tourism, international business, and graphic arts. Our college kids are beating the odds and laying the groundwork to be the leaders of tomorrow.

Join our Global Family

People like you are making this work possible. Please join us!