Fondazione Francesca Rava – N.P.H. Italia is an independent, non-political, charitable, non-profit foundation whose mission is to help children in serious need, in Italy and worldwide, through sponsorship of children, fundraising projects, volunteers and educational programs. In Italy the Foundation represents N.P.H. (Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos – Our little brothers and sisters) a charitable organization for orphaned and abandoned children in Latin America, founded in 1954 by Father William Wasson. In 55 years, more than 25,000 orphaned and abandoned children have been saved, nourished, raised with love and educated in the N.P.H. orphanages in Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Peru and Bolivia.