A few words from our Director, Esther Segovia

Dear friends.

My name is Esther Segovia, also known by some as "La Gotan". I wish to share with you some facts about a project founded by my father, "Proyecto Herencia De Amor" and which has changed my life for the better. It was my father’s dream, Reverend Miguel A.Segovia, to some day establish a sports center which included cooking and dinning facilities so that children of very low income could have a place to go and enjoy themselves.

My father, who grew up in extreme poverty, had this dream of developing two acres of land situated in the town of San Martín, which is in the city of Mercedes, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into a place where children of all ages could dream of someday becoming another Maradona, Ginobili, Cañas, or why not? — Messi..

Before my father passed away he was able to build a three- wall shed with a roof 35 meters long and 12 meters wide. Next to the shed there is a kitchen and dinning area, also measuring 35 by 7.5 meters. Behind the shed there is a house for the caretakers, and in the back of the property there is a very simple soccer field. He also began a cement wall that will go around the property as a fence.

This is a very ambitious plan; therefore it is a long-range project, but our children deserve an opportunity to have a sports center with a basketball court, tennis court, soccer field, and a semi-olympic size swimming pool. Our children will have access to this sport center at no cost to them, and at the same time, they will be rescued from drugs and crime.

At this point in time there are volunteers who provide maintenance to the property including my brothers and sisters. There is also a website where information on the progress of the project can be found for those individuals and companies who would like to collaborate.

It is very important to my family that this dream my father had, continues so that many needy families and their children can benefit from it and be allowed to dream of a better future. With the help of counselors and other adults as role models these children will become responsible citizens to the community they live in.

My family and I thank God for giving us an exemplary father who dedicated 50 years of his life to the service of God and his community.

Help us help these needy children. God will always favor those who remember our children.

Thank you and God Bless you.
Esther Segovia
Directora-PHDA

5 neighborhoods
423 famlies
555 kids
350 kids between the ages of 4 and 12