Casa Corazòn is a residential community of children and youth living with HIV/AIDS. "La Casa or "La Casa de los Niños," as it is familiarly known was opened as a response by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas to the urgent need to care for the increasing number of children with HIV who were orphaned or abandoned due to the death of a parent(s) from an AIDS related illness. The Casa is located in a small colonia named Perfecto Vasquez outside of the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.