September 2015 Newsletter page 4
Horrible headlines . . . . . COAR’s solutions . . . . . . Gang violence in El Salvador fuelling country’s child migration crisis Warring gangs and crime are prompting more youngsters to leave their families and homes and seek refuge in the US Nina Lakhani in San Salvador, Tuesday 18 November […]
September 2015 Newsletter page 5
Hopeful headlines . . . . . COAR’s been part of this solution for 35years . . . . . . For-profit education The $1-a-week school Private schools are booming in poor countries. Governments should either help them or get out of their way Aug 1st 2015 | From the print edition http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21660113-private-schools-are-booming-poor-countries-governments-should-either-help-them-or-get-out Low-cost […]
September 2015 Newsletter page 6
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson So, “The Expert” Seems To Be Saying Our Budget Needs to Increase by $50,000.00 As I read head-line after head-line about El Salvador these past few months, I was overwhelmed by how well COAR is doing. It is an excellent and safe child care facility […]
September 2015 Newsletter page 7
Honorary Gifts
June 2015 Newsletter page 1
Paradise Down donates another free year of Down Syndrome services to Support COAR child Several years ago, COAR welcomed our first child with Down Syndrome. She is a wonderful girl with a bright and lively spirit who only wants to please. Thanks to the efforts of our Salvadoran director, a local non-profit organization called “Paradise […]
June 2015 Newsletter page 2
It Takes a Village Sponsorship Translators A Picture of Fatima (top left on board) ~ translators Trinity High School, Garfield Hts., OH Fatima & friends See More about Fatima on page 1 St. Edward Thank you High Schools Fall 2014 & Spring 2015 translators: Trinity Barberton Beaumont Brunswick St. Edward St. Ignatius Archbishop Hoban Padua […]
June 2015 Newsletter page 3
June 2015 Newsletter page 4-5
First Communions at COAR It couldn’t happen without the Village…. ….It Takes a Village Schools & Parishes Recognize COAR’s Importance Lenten Gifts from Schools and Parishes: St. Mary of the Falls School, Olmsted Falls, OH Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Hts., OH St. Francis of Assisi PSR & The Tuesday Club, Gates Mills, OH St. Michael […]
June 2015 Newsletter page 6
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson You are helping . . . COAR is clearly part of the solution to the crisis of children at the US border-–a problem that continues despite being off the front pages. As the Alliance for Prosperity plan proposes, fix the problems: build skills in the […]
March 2015 Newsletter page 1
Four Internos Moving On . . . Then and Now # 1 – Veronica – Transition to Adulthood with Real Job Skills and Experience Veronica was one of several COAR internos selected by the Hotel Intercontinental Real, San Salvador, for a prestigious hotel internship program in 2014. While attending the regular high school, participants in […]