June 2025 – Relationships ~ “Do you have pictures of me when I was young?”
Relationships, an article by Rick & Shelley Mack The Mack Family has been visiting COAR and El Salvador since 2004 From the Mack family visit 2004, L-R: Claire, Valeria (14), Phil, Daniela (13), Rick 2015—Rick and Valeria 2025, L-R: Rick, Valeria, Shelley, Luis COAR is built on relationships: between children, families, staff, its surrounding communities, […]
June 2025 – Mike & Susie Jenkins – Lives well-lived
Epilogos, the organization that Rick and Shelley mention in there article, does great work. Located in San Jose Villanueva, our twin puebla across the highway, it restores and uplifts the entire community. Their founders, Mike & Susie Jenkins, died in early 2025. Their extraordinary story is found on their website: (https://epilogos.org). I know I speak […]
June 2025 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Losing Family but not Losing Hope I opened my Annual Benefit presentation by saying, “There is an old joke that never gets old to me: A man goes to the doctor and cries out, ‘Doctor, doctor, am I dying?’ The doctor calmly replies, ‘We are all dying. But you are not dying today.’” When we […]
June 2025 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
March 2025 – Sometimes all you can see is . . . the cross
from our most recent visit, updates on each one First-aid and grooming workshops Twice a year, usually February and November, we visit COAR and learn each child’s story: the new girls, successes and challenges of those we already know, and any news of those who have moved on. This is a special story we heard […]
March 2025 – Sometimes all you can see is . . . that they are just girls
Sometimes all you can see is . . . that they are just girls from their first sponsorship letters Kathya is 15 years old. She likes the color purple, lasagna, and sleeping. She came to COAR just about a year ago. Dinora entered COAR in August of 2022. She was nine years old. Dinora likes […]
March 2025 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
What do you hear when you hear “aid”? The impact of ceasing USAID funding will be felt throughout El Salvador. COAR does not received USAID funds nor does our oversight partner in the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Vicariate of Human Development-CARITAS. But many, many other relief projects, the other dioceses in El Salvador, and […]
March 2025 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
December 2024 Newsletter – And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour . . . Monica has bloomed, thanks to you The young woman at the podium is Monica. She came to COAR in early 2022. She arrived […]
December 2024 Newsletter – Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour . . . Auguries of Innocence by William Blake Every student (well, their parents) who attends the COAR school is issued a coupon booklet for 10 monthly payments, ranging […]