El Salvador
March 1-10, 2010
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2009
June 13-22, 2010
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2010
August 3-12, 2010
Registration Deadline: April 9, 2010
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 on this 30th anniversary, the four North American churchwomen and others were murdered. 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:
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history presented by Salvadorans
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visit to a hospital that serves only the poor, and provides health services to 95% of the people of El Salvador
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hear the experiences of Mothers of the Disappeared, a group which formed during the years of the civil war
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see a cooperative housing development in Santa Ana, the second largest city in El Salvador
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dialogue with officials at the U.S. embassy
Wall of Rememberance, taken by Charish Badzinski.
Click here to download a flyer.
Sites of possible interest:
"I return home better informed, stronger, braver and more connected with the human experience in this world."
--Charish Badzinski, La Crosse, WI,
--Charish Badzinski, La Crosse, WI,
"I appreciate getting to visit with people actively living social justice......
it was inspirational, heart touching, and eye opening. If more people
could experience a GATE program, I believe the world would be
changed for the better."
it was inspirational, heart touching, and eye opening. If more people
could experience a GATE program, I believe the world would be
changed for the better."
--William Straub, Wausau, WI
Program begins and ends in San Salvador.
Upcoming Programs
March 1-10, 2010
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2009
June 13-22, 2010
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2010
August 3-12, 2010
Registration Deadline: April 9, 2010
*Airfare not included. All trips include all in-country transportation (except taxi to airport at the end of the trip), accommodations, and food (except one evening meal).
"Our destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things." -Henry Miller
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