Friends of EL Salvador

The Friends of El Salvador Committee is continuing its activities to assist our needful friends in the rural Baja Lempa region of El Salvador, especially in our sister parish of Miramar.

Relief for Hurricane Ida Victims
In November, El Salvador experienced extensive damage from heavy rains in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The San Vincente area, where Miramar is located, along with other communities experienced loss of life along with extensive damages to crops, homes, roads, and bridges.

Faith Weavers responded to this natural disaster by financially supporting the efforts of the SHARE Foundation, our partnering organization in El Salvador, to provide relief to the victims of this storm. People in El Salvador are particularly vulnerable to this type of natural disaster because of the fragile nature of their infrastructure.
Infrastructure Project

A new project this year is directed toward aiding two rural Salvadoran communities, Planatar and Betania. We want to raise $7,400 to pay for 37 latrines for these communities. This project will help people in these communities improve hygiene and their quality of life through building these sanitary outhouses. This project is a follow-up to our successful support for the building of 35 outhouses in the community of Milagro de Dios in 2007-8.

For this project we’re soliciting the support and partnership of other Central Michigan Catholic parishes. We’ve already received a commitment of $2,500 from Blessed Sacrament Parish in Midland, for which we’re grateful.

Are you interested in participating in the Friends of El Salvador Committee? If so, contact us here.