This is a bilingual website to re-unite the grown children of "Operation Pedro Pan"; those 15,000+ Cuban children who arrived in the US between December of 1960 and October of 1962 with Visa waivers in the Unaccompanied Children's Program fostered by the Catholic Social Service Bureau and the US Government; whether passing through Camp Matecumbe or any other temporary centers such as the ones in Florida City, Kendall, Opa-Locka, St. Raphael's, Whitehall, Casa Ferré, Casa Carrión, etc., or went directly with
For a thorough and detailed story of our origins, the names of our benefactors, the efforts of our protectors and the most minute happenings, please read the writings of Agustin Blazquez, read YVONNE CONDE's " Operation Pedro Pan " for personal stories and find pedropan authors in the list of published authors below who wrote about their personal experiences; CARLOS EIRE, SEBASTIÁN ALMAZÁN, JUAN ANTONIO DORA, ALDO MARTÍNEZ, MEL MARTÍNEZ, JOSÉ IGNACIO RAMÍREZ, MARY LOU TRIAS, ET AL.
It is my sincere belief that every grown 'pedropan' kid is a book!