DENVER -- What started as a simple vacation changed Bob Miller's life and will one day help hundreds if not thousands of orphans worldwide.

"I took a vacation to Mexico in 1993 to get away from my stress . Through a series of strange circumstances I ended up adopting two kids there," said Miller, the founder of Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc.

At their request, Miller adopted two teenage brothers, Eduardo and Jose Arturo.

"When the orphanage closed, there were 120 kids had to go somewhere. I had grown close to these two boys and they asked me to adopt them," said Miller.

Now, the boys are grown men. Their lives with Miller made one thing clear. Having a family to call their own was so very important.

"After seeing the kids grow up and seeing the developmental difference between kids in an orphanage and kids in a family, the challenge became how can we create something that's more like a family than an orphanage," asked Miller.

That's how Our Family Orphan Communities got its start. And now, plans are moving quickly.

Miller's dream is to build a new type of orphanage for a small community in Northern Mexico. In Mexico alone, Miller points out there are close to 2 million orphans. He says they are often not well cared for.

"If you haven't traveled to these cities in third world and developing countries and seen the children on the streets, you haven't experienced that emotional tug that really gets to your heart," said Miller.

Earlier this summer Miller approached the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning for design help. Graduate students and instructors jumped at the chance to donate their skills.

"They are not doing this for themselves. They are not doing it for me. They are not doing it for our organization. They are doing it for the children of Mexico and the world," said Miller.

A semester later and after hundreds of hours of work, the final design is ready.

"There are a lot of children in need . So we tried to put ourselves in their position and see things from their point of view. That's how we focused our master plan," said Austin James Hanson, a master's student at UCD.

The design is innovative and if successful, may be be the future for many more orphan communities world wide.

It includes things like a greenhouse, aquaculture facility, a school, medical clinic, an eco-hotel, and 10 houses for the children and supervising adults.

The overall design will allow the children to be a part of a family experience in a community that can financially support itself.

"It's a community where the people involved will have their families. This will be their home town community where they can enjoy all the good things in life," said Hanson.

Miller hopes this new orphan community will create over 90 jobs and take care of 160 children.

The estimated cost is $10 million.

Now that the design phase is complete, Miller's next step is to find investors.

Groundbreaking for the new community is scheduled for 2010.

To learn more about the non-profit and how to help, visit Our Family Orphan Communities.