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El Sunza video


FotoVoz gallery opens Friday Oct. 5


Open letter from the Salvadoran Church

SALVADORAN ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT
San Salvador, 3 September 2007
ALERT IN EL SALVADOR
The people are forsaken and scattered.
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Matthew 9:36
Pastoral Letter from the Historic Churches
To: All Salvadorans of good will
To: The three powers of the Salvadoran state: the executive, […]

A day in El Sunza

We walk through town. Down dirt roads or trails littered with rocks and trash. A flow of muddy, milky water braids its way downhill, further.
We stop at one of the many wire and wood gates fixed into the brush fences along the road marking a house. A mother holding a small child […]

photos here

fotos of the construction project

here
more galleries on the way soon.

One of the most gratifying aspects of the trip was the opportunity to be with the people of El Sunza. Rather than going in as problem-solvers working for the people, we went to learn about the village, to get to know the people there, and to work alongside them on things like home construction, kids […]

Trip summary, vol. I: Foto Voz

While some of us were working on building a house, others were busy working with El Sunza’s youth on a project we’ve named (quite unoriginally) Foto Voz (photo voice).
The idea of the project was to put cameras in the hands of village kids - to give them a medium and voice through which to capture […]

Update from El Salvador

We’ve spent the last nine days away from the internet (which has been nice), hence the first trip update. We left the village this morning and are in San Salvador at the home of our friends the Rosales’, who run Fundacion Sueños. Outside, a thunderstorm rages, very typical of afternoons here. It has rained every […]

Salvador fundraiser at 5619

Last Friday and Saturday we had 12 artists and 4 musicians contribute their talents for the benefit of our friends in El Sunza, El Salvador. Salvadoran-themed art was displayed and sold and music by Balmorhea and Alex Dupree were enjoyed by all. All proceeds to benefit the people of El Sunza. Pictures and info here.
We’ll […]