(Written by Rachel Dunlap) On Wednesday afternoon Mario and I, accompanied by two representatives from CCR, met with the board of San Isidro next to the community´s school. There, we were greeted by the board who was eager to talk about scholarship division and education inaccessibility, amongst other issues like water privatization. The board […]
(Written by Rachel Dunlap) On June 20th, 2018, Sister Cities was invited to speak at a rally on family separation by our kind neighbors, NPR-12, after their guest speaker unexpectedly cancelled. Mario and I obliged. It was my first day in the office, and being notoriously bad at public speaking AND Spanish, I was nervous. […]
Hi, I’m Rachel. This summer, I have been presented with the great opportunity of volunteering with US-El Salvador Sister Cities. I am in El Salvador to improve my Spanish and am currently enrolled in the Zulma Tobar School for Students Who Can’t Speak Spanish Good. Language aside, I am interested in the importance of solidarity, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) El Papaturro is a small community repopulated in 1990, located in the municipality of Suchitoto. Most of its inhabitants are originally from Santa Marta, Cabañas, one of the most affected zones during the armed conflict. The community of El Papaturro is part of the Sister Cities network. Since 1994, this community […]