COAR’s 2019 Open House
Full of Friendship and Fun Interested in joining us this summer? Check out our 2020 Open House information and application! From July 2-8 we held COAR’s first Open House for visitors. Our guests were five supporters, four of them sponsors. So what did we do on our summer vacation?? Alane and Linda Thank You Alex […]
June 2019 – A Richness of Bishops
Bishop Perez of Cleveland Visited the COAR Children in December, the most recent in a rich legacy of bishops. Above, Bishop of Cleveland Nelson Perez with a big group of the COAR children in December 2018. He listened to the children, asking them, “What do you want for your future and the future of your […]
The Loss of a Cherished Friend: Saul Soriano, OFM Cap.
Capuchin friar Saul Soriano’s sudden accidental death leaves us heartbroken: the COAR children, the staff in the US and El Salvador, the volunteers, and our countless visitors. Saul was funny, kind, cheerful, and smart. His easy demeanor hid depths of strength and moral clarity. COAR is a better child-care facility, a home, because of him. […]
Serving the Kids at COAR: A Letter of Introduction From the Congregation: Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza
In 2014 a missionary community from Spain contacted Archbishop Escobar to ask if they could be of service to children in El Salvador. The Archbishop welcomed them and suggested that they contact COAR Children’s Village. Since then, COAR has been home to four wonderful Catholic nuns who tutor our children, organize religious formation, lead retreats, […]
Salvadoran Businesses Donate Supplies & Encourage Employees to Volunteer @ COAR
For most US-based international charities, it is always our hope that faith and trust in the project can lead to the genesis of local-born support for the charity. The Board at COAR Peace Mission has always hoped that we could lead by example and one day build a volunteer or donor base within El […]
THANK YOU SISTER CARMEN!
The four Catholic Sisters from the Missionary Order: Our Lady of the Pillar of Zaragoza (Spain) have become an institution at COAR. While they have only been at COAR for less than 2 years, their love, leadership, service and dedication to the kids has made their presence a blessing. On September 15th, 2015, the COAR […]
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. […]
COAR Says Goodbye to Long Term Volunteers from Europe
COAR has long had, as part of its mission, to educate the world about the Salvadoran Civil War and the needs of the Poor in El Salvador. To that end, COAR focuses on BUILDING SOLIDARITY between our donors / supporters and the entire COAR community in El Salvador. Several times a year, we take mission […]
COAR Kids Love Visitors: Even If No One Speaks Spanish
COAR kids love to meet with visitors from the US and especially with their sponsors. COAR has been very lucky to have hosted delegations from colleges, high schools and parishes from around the country. Since few US visitors are bilingual, our official COAR delegations usually stay in-country for about 1 week. During the week, US […]
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 […]