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 […]
COAR Kids Are Great Artists – MURAL 2015
In honor of the inauguration of the new Therapy Center at COAR Children’s Village, our Director held a contest among all of the residential houses to create a mural that celebrates life and youth. From that winning mural, COAR encouraged all of the kids to pick up a paint brush and bring not only […]
Bobbing For Apples: Salvadoran Style!
If you wanted to publish this picture, what caption would you put with it? Bobbing for apples? Huh? A group of wonderful volunteers/students from Universidad Don Bosco came to COAR to visit and play with the kids. They brought pinatas, games, lessons and tons of fun. It was an afternoon filled with laughter and smiles. […]
Feliz Cumpleanos! Happy Birthday!
Feliz cumpleanos a ti- En tu dia feliz- Feliz cumpleanos, mi carino- Feliz cumpleanos a ti- No matter what the words are, the sentiment is still the same: love and celebration. During the war years, children at COAR often came with no documentation. They may literally have wandered, alone, up to our doors – or, […]