Our Day to Day Work

SO, here´s a brief run-down of most of our current projects (we try to add more good ones all the time!) First, the government orphanages, where we work 3 times a week. We work with CISNA an orphanage for street boys, and CIPI a place for abused preschoolers-toddlers, teenage girls, young mothers, special needs children and abandoned babies. The following pictures show some of the wonderful children and the good times we´ve been having with all of them!

A carnival at CISNA, framing baby pictures at CIPI and teaching the preschoolers about brushing teeth. It is a wonderful experience being with all of the kids; boys, girls, toddlers, babies and teenagers. Our volunteers who don´t speak spanish (right now 2/3rd of them, or 10) have learned quickly that it isn´t very impossible or hard to communicate our love to the children. We had an amazing carnival at CISNA for the boys about a month ago. To check out pictures see our teams blogspot at http://help-elsalvador.blogspot.com/


We also enjoy teaching some english classes at the LDS Employment Center. We have beginning, intermediate and advanced classes three times a week for an hour each class. Our students are motivated and very appreciative. It is always a joy to be with them. The first day of classes 54 people showed up to sign up for the classes! We didn´t have enough chairs! Each student pays a $5 fee for the class that lasts all summer, which is a steal of a deal. The small fee is to help them feel ownership of the class and also to pay for materials. We love our english students!

Once a week we travel out to the state (or department as they call states here) of Santa Ana to the west about 1.5 hours, to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. It is always a good days work and one of the volunteers favorite projects.

We also work with a organization called OEF which tries to improve rural women´s lives. Once a week we travel north to Chaletenango department to walk door to door with the local community health worker, and share health messages. Our first message was about water purification. It was well received and all the families really liked what we taught them, ask questions for clarification, and thanked us for making the effort to teach them in their home.