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, […]
Contest Winners at COAR: Casa San Patricio Wins a Field Trip to a Water Park
COAR held a contest among all of the houses to see who could create the best mural to be painted on the exterior wall of the new Therapy Center. The idea was to create something colorful and exciting that also conveyed the purpose and mission of the Therapy Center. Our director held a contest to […]
Sept. 10th – Special!
Education-Oriented Non-Profits Operating Abroad: With HELP, COAR, and Bright Start Learning September 10, 2015 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | $0.00 Location: Market Garden Brewery, 1947 W. 25th St. Cleveland, OH 44113 Show your support for the COAR children and Cleveland’s impact on and solidarity with the developing world — From the CCWA website: […]
Celebrating COAR’s 35th Anniversary
35 years ago, COAR was born out of necessity and a dream. The Cleveland Mission Team was hard at work in El Salvador – serving the poor, the children, the refugees only months after Archbishop Romero was slain in the chapel at Divina Providencia. Looking back, few realized what an impact COAR would have in […]
Feel The Beat: Music Is Alive at COAR
Whether you like to sit and strum a guitar with your friends, or praise God through music during Mass or march in the marching band; or play the latest pop, salsa or regaetton hit to your screaming teen fans, there is a place for you at COAR. The students at COAR’s school, 900 or more […]
Vamos de excursion! Let’s go on a field trip!
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 […]
The Sant’Egidio community in El Salvador joins in solidarity with COAR & peace
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 […]
Where can you zipline next to a waterfall? El Salvador.
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 […]