GATE (Global Awareness Through Experience)

El Salvador

January 1 - 11, 2014

Registration deadline: TBA

March 1 - 9, 2014

Registration deadline: TBA

Meet with people of faith, dedication, and courage who seek to improve their country from within. Learn first hand how trade agreements affect the lives of those in the countryside, how emigration is seen as the only viable alternative to survival. Learn about health care concerns, and how the immediate past has shaped the environment in this young and fragile democracy. Walk the holy ground of sites where Archbishop Romero, the four North American churchwomen and others were murdered. Witness the efforts of a President seeking to

improve life for the poor. Dialogue with U.S. Embassy personnel.

Come and see for yourself!

The following are events which will provide participants superb overview of life in El Salvador:

Walk through Salvadoran history through the eyes of Salvadorans
Visit a hospital that serves only the poor, and provides health services to those who would otherwise not have access to health care
Hear the experiences of Mothers of the Disappeared, a group which formed during the years of the civil war
Visit a rural area where people await clean water
Taste the bread at a rural bakery, providing employment for women
Dialogue with officials at the U.S. embassy

Wall of Rememberance, taken by Charish Badzinski.

To see the daily blog from the June 2007 El Salvador trip,

written by Charish Badzinski, click here...

Sites of possible interest:

www.soaw.org

Click here to download a printable flier...

Program begins and ends in San Salvador.

Upcoming Programs:

January 1 - 11, 2014

Registration deadline: TBA

March 1 - 9, 2014

Registration deadline: TBA

Program Fees:

TBA

Registration Fee: $100.00 if registering by the deadline date.
* $150.00 late registration fee.

Air fare not included. All trips include transportation

(except taxi to airport at the end of the trip), accommodations,

and food (except one meal).