El Salvador

We leave tomorrow for El Salvador. We will be blogging daily about our trip, so please stay tuned.

Our project in El Salvador will once again focus on children and education. In the small municipality of Perquin, near the border of Honduras there is a small school called Amun Shea (Land of Seeds). In a region where you can hardly avoid the markings of a brutal civil war, the school and surrounding community is a reminder that big change can happen in small ways. It is a school opened to rebuild a proud community, that is after just a few years, helping to build a bright future for over 50 students.

The community is made up of former refugees displaced by war. It is twenty-five years later and many have never returned to their former homes. As the country has undergone a slow rebuilding process, some areas such as Perquin have been forgotten. Amun Shea was built by a few caring individuals who wanted a safe place to educate their own children. Now, it is the pride of the region and teaches classes up to the third grade.

We hope to keep an ongoing relationship with Amun Shea and the Peqiun community. With your help, we can assist them in building new classrooms to hold future classes as they grow.