Meet Richard Costa

In 2009, Grassroots Films' The Human Experience was shown at St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School on Long Island. Soon after, one of my students approached me with the idea of doing a Mission Trip to help Dr. Tony's kids. One of the great privileges I have had is being able to help Dr. Tony Lazzara and the children of the Hogar San Francisco de Asis. While we had done many mission trips in the United States, going to South America was something of a challenge. But fast forward to today, and we have made 3 trips and are planning the 4th.

As a labor of love, I have personally gone down to the Hogar 3 separate times and with those trips has come some useful information for anyone who might be interested in bringing a group down to Peru. I would be happy to assist anyone with information such as transportation, lodging, life at the Hogar, etc.