September 2018 – say good-bye and good luck to 6 graduates in 2018
As We Welcome New Children, Six Will Graduate in November – with DIGNITY,A Former Interna Returns to Celebrate the Baptism of Her Baby Enjoy these first sponsorship photos of the grads. Some have been with COAR most of their lives, some are fairly new. Like Maria Cristina, below the slideshow, all will have a chance to […]
COAR’s Chapel-on-the-Hill in need of Emergency T.L.C
This beautiful chapel, the spiritual center of the COAR community, is in need of a bit of T.L.C. (Tender-Loving-Care). The powerful summer storms and constant tremors that plague El Salvador do not take a detour around COAR’s school, foster care facility, clinic and chapel. But, the chapel, sitting high upon the hill for all to […]
Salvadoran TV Stars Visit COAR
“This was the greatest day of my life” – remarked Raul! Like so many in the USA, Salvadorans enjoy a bit of Reality TV. As a huge thrill to the kids, a Salvadoran run reality show much like Ninja Warrior, visited COAR to inspire the kids and encourage them to never give up. The show […]
These Kids Have Talent!
In December of 2016, COAR decided to promote a new workshop at the Children’s Village: a drawing and painting workshop. Anyone who travels to El Salvador knows that the country is replete with talented artists. If there is a gene for artistic creativity, Salvadorans have been blessed with it in excess. The kids enjoyed the […]
Sponsors Visit COAR & Teach English in the High School
A group of wonderful parishioners from St. Rita Parish, Ohio, traveled to El Salvador to visit their projects in the mountaintop town of Teotepeque and spent one morning teaching English at the COAR high school and visiting with the COAR children. The day began by teaching four sections of high school English. But, this was […]
Mother’s Day at COAR Children’s Village
Our director has created a wonderful new tradition at COAR to help build a true sense of family and love among our housemothers and the children that they supervise, mentor, protect and love 24 hours a day! Each Mothers’ Day, the Administration buys small gifts that the housemother will need as part of her life […]
COAR Kids Volunteer at Cancer Hospital: Divina Providencia
On Sunday, April 2nd, a group of COAR teenagers visited the Divina Providencia Cancer Hospital to visit with the patients and learn the value of volunteering and serving others in need. The hospital was opened in 1969 by the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Santa Teresa who wanted to give poor Salvadorans a place to stay […]
Christmas Piñata Party 2015
Each December, some of the COAR kids are able to connect with distant relatives so that they can spend the holidays with family. The Courts must conduct background investigations of these families to ensure the safety of the children but if approved, we are very happy to see the kids spend the holidays with their […]
Pre-Christmas treat: COAR kids visit a local circus
Each November, the academic year slowly comes to a halt about the same time that we in the USA celebrate Thanksgiving – but, Thanksgiving is a distinctly US tradition. In El Salvador, high schools hold graduation ceremonies and the kids say goodbye to their teachers and friends for a couple of months. Since the Salvadoran […]
Posadas: A great Latin American Christmas tradition
Are your childhood Christmas memories some of your fondest memories? As adults, do you remember those traditions with such an air of nostalgia? Well, COAR Children’s Village is keeping one 400 year old Latin American tradition alive: The Christmas Posadas. The term Posada is one of many Spanish words for “inn” and it […]