After graduating from Williams in 1955 and serving as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Gene Latham moved to Mexico on business, fell in love with the country, and stayed. For more than 40 years he has presided over the growth of “Our Little Brothers and Sisters,” a charitable organization that serves orphaned and abandoned children in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sometimes called the largest family in the world, the group provides shelter, food, clothing, healthcare, and education in an environment of unconditional love, security, sharing, work, and responsibility. Children are not offered for adoption. More than 4,000 are currently being served; more than 15,000 have graduated to college or work. Many of the group’s own workers are former members, thereby extending care between generations. In recent years it has expanded operations to provide funding for a children’s hospital in Haiti, where 90 percent of the patients suffer from malnutrition or AIDS; a home and hospice for older people in Honduras; and a series of clinics in several countries for crippled and brain-damaged children who have been abandoned by their parents.
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