It can be hard to be a kid, you know? Especially, if you live in foster care. You wake up at 5am each school day so that you can shower from a pipe drawing cold water from the well, dress and eat breakfast before school – which starts promptly at 7am! Then, assuming you are …
In the late fall of 2014, the Community Sant’Egidio in El Salvador reached out to COAR for the first time. They came to COAR to be in solidarity with our children and to share their message of Peace in a society that is being ripped apart by youth violence. There is probably no place on …
The Sant’Egidio community in El Salvador joins in solidarity with COAR & peace Read More »
Let’s play a game. I will name a location and you name what it is known for, ok? China, the Great Wall Paris, the Eiffel Tower Greece, the Parthenon El Salvador, beautiful water falls and zipline routes. Huh? Yes, when you hear of El Salvador, you usually think of Oscar Romero, the Martyrs of the …
Where can you zipline next to a waterfall? El Salvador. Read More »
On Saturday, June 28th, the COAR kids had a wonderful treat. All of our kids boarded a bus and headed off to a shopping mall about 20 minutes from Zaragoza in order to watch Brazil take on Chile in the 2014 World Cup. For those who have not been to Zaragoza, the main street offers …
In May, COAR’s director rewarded 20 of our kids for their excellent grades at the end of the 1st grading period and their overall good behavior. She sought out Salvadoran sponsors who paid for a rare field trip to a Cinemark movie theater to watch the newly released Spiderman 2. The kids were well behaved and …
In the spring of 2014, two COAR students, Diana and Mercedes, were honored with a trip to the town of Esquipulas in southeastern Guatemala due to their outstanding grades. Members of the local Parish, Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza, were making a pilgrimage to Esquipulas and invited these top scholars to join them …
