Ninos Del Sol Peru, Inc
A revolutionary children's home in the Sacred Valley
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
A group of orphaned, abandoned and abused children were taken in by an American woman (Kia Engelrath, known as Mama Kia) in the 1990s under the name Casa de Milagros. In 2010, Ms. Engelrath passed away due to cancer and the children were left without guidance or resources.
All of the kids have suffered from emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse in addition to being orphaned and abandoned twice.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Orphan Continuing Education
Sending the children who graduate from high school to University for continued education and career development.
Children's Home
We are raising a group of orphaned and abandoned children as siblings in a loving home environment.
Our mission is to do more than provide for their basic needs. We offer nutritious foods, yoga, gardening, enrichment activities, and love. We also support kids fully through secondary education and into their careers.
Our empowerment programs are working. Most of our kids are at the top of their class in school, and we've already sent several to university.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of youth who plan to attend post-secondary education
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Adolescents
Related Program
Orphan Continuing Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
As more of our kids graduate from post-secondary education, the younger ones are inspired to see themselves as successful professionals.
Number of youth who demonstrate that they have developed positive values
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Adolescents
Related Program
Children's Home
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Note that this number will fall as our kids grow up and become independent. A falling number here is a success metric.
Number of youth who demonstrate that they have developed cultural competence
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Children's Home
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our Niños are connecting with their culture and learning to have respect for their roots. They are also learning how to thrive in Peruvian culture.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Ninos Del Sol Peru is working to raise this group of children to adulthood and empower them to break the cycle of poverty in their families for future generations.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are raising the children as siblings in a loving family-style home in Urubamba and supporting them with academic enrichment, life skills training, gardening, yoga, nutritious foods, and lots of love.
We also provide financial and emotional support through university and into their careers.
We hope to make a deep impact that will allow these youths to break the cycles of poverty and abuse in their families for future generations.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our co-directors are a couple who each have an extensive background in education, psychology, and working with adolescents.
Our facilities provide comfortable, clean housing for the kids and our staff and board are committed to our mission.
We are committed to providing support as needed for our kids through higher education and into adulthood.
We also have a broad base of supporters who have visited our sites, met the kids, and believe strongly in what we're trying to accomplish. We also forge partnerships with other organizations to help provide our clients with meaningful volunteer experiences.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Many of our kids are at the top of their classes in school, and our two youngest boys have been accepted into a special school for high-achieving students.
Some of alumni have already graduated, and several are currently enrolled in university. One of our girls was the youngest ever accepted into the Chemical Engineering program and will graduate in 2018. The other students in our Cusco apartment are currently enrolled in music, graphic design, business administration, and other programs.
One of our clients just returned from a one-year volunteering stint in Israel, and three others are interested in making the tri soon.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Ninos Del Sol Peru, Inc
Board of directorsas of 10/26/2023
Lauren Haas
Joshua Sandstrom
Circle of the Sun
Josh Brazier
Kaiizen Foundation
Kristen Stuart
Kristen Stuart
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.