“The Land of Volcanoes,” El Salvador is a country full of forest-covered mountains, with beaches bordering the Pacific Ocean. It is both the smallest and most densely populated nation in Central America. Under the leadership of Nayib Bukele the country is now safe and attacting new investment and new thinking. However there is still a lot of need and many still live below the poverty line. Many Salvadorans live in haphazard shacks pieced together with scraps of roofing tin, wood, and rocks that provide little protection from the elements. AAI coordinated a Wellness Mission in 2020 and in the words of Carlos Flores from the Housing Ministry in El Salvador: “Thank you Airline Ambassadors. We are blessed by your visit. Our people and communities took a piece of your hearts.”
Here is a draft itinerary for future trips visiting a variety of projects this summer & fall. (see below).
We are looking for at least 7 people for each trip. Trips are scheduled for:
October 21-29,
November 11 – 18 & December 9-16.
Trip price of $1,500 provides for an 8 day 7 night stay and all meals and transfers and includes a healthy donation to each of the projects visited.
(Alcoholic drinks can be purchased individually) These trips are a charitable tax donation for your taxes – including airfare!
You can register for one of these trips HERE!
Day 1. Arrival – Mon Sept 16 / Oct 21, / Nov 11 / or Dec 9
The group arrives into El Salvador. Boxed lunches provided as we travel to Hotel in San Salvador. Hotel check in. Visit to Gente Ayudando Gente
Dinner
Day 2. Tues Sept 17 / Oct 22, /Nov 12 /or Dec 10
Spend the day at the House of Life – Home for Mamas and Babies
Life for many Salvadoran girls can be fraught with sexual violence by family members and the problem is little talked about. The House of Life Mama and Baby Shelter is a safe haven where 30 pregnant, abused teens can heal, have healthy babies and learn how to bond and care for their babies.They also learn about their human right to live in an abuse-free environment. This is the first such shelter in the country. Interact and play with the girls and help with arts and crafts, and more.. Make Dinner with the girls and enjoy a fun evening!
Day 3 Wed. Sept 18 / Oct 24 – Nov 13 / Dec 11
Visit to the Zaragosa Home for Abandoned Elders -La Libertad.
Hogar Giuseppe Angelucci in Zaragosa, El Salvador is a home for abandoned older people – those who have been left on the streets and have no family.We will have the opportunity to enjoy sharing with 45 great people.Have lunch at the home. Carrying out activities such as painting, cleaning, with the elderly, feed them, singing and dancing with them. and so on.
Dinner at Beto´s after watching the sunset . at this restaurant.
Day 4. Thurs. Sept 19 /Oct 25, Nov 14 /Dec 12
Enjoy cooking a meal with our chef and students at Gente Ayudando Gente Culinary School.
This project provides culinary scholarships for young people in high risk conditions, in order for them to have better job possibilities that directly impact their lives. The young people participating in this program live though various scenarios as surviving cancer, orphanage and taking care of their brothers, immigration problems, teen pregnancy. We will distribute the food we help make together to homeless elderly at a soup kitchen Downtown San Salvador.
Lunch
The US Ambassasdor, William Duncan recently visited Children´s home San Vicente de Paul. to learn firsthand about the model of care for children and adolecents at this Home run by Catholic nuns. The facility houses 300 children who have been orphaned or abandoned. This center serves as a model and is expected to replicate in other parts of El Salvador;
Hold and feed babies, play with the children, make ceramics with them and more
Dinner .
Day 5. Friday, Sept.20 / Oct 26, Nov 15 / Dec 13
Check out of our hotel -We will visit the El Triunfo Community of Gente Ayudando Gente (GAG)in Apaneca. GAG is currently building a housing project there for 100 families living in vulnerable condition. They work to help families build a decent life and have a home. In alliance with international organizations such as The Fuller Center For Housing, New Story Charity and The People Helping People Network, as well as with the Municipal Mayor’s Offices of the country, they offer a financing program program to obtain housing to families with limited economic resources without access to bank credit.Activities such as painting and any construction activity can be undertaken, decorating etc.
Lunch.
Bathe at Los Termales de Santa Teresa. From there, we go to Ataco on the Route of the Flowers.he Ruta de Las Flores is Spanish for “Route of Flowers”. It’s a unique tourist trail that stretches for approximately 35 kilometers and passes through some of the most popular places and beautiful villages in El Salvador. We will enjoy the beautiful and colorful town. of Ataco. surrounded by striking hills full of vegetation and prominent coffee plantations. We will enjoy an unforgettable ecotourism experience as it has spectacular gardens, hot spring pools, and waterfalls.
Dinner at Sibaritas.or La Palapa?
Day 6 Saturday Sept 21, /Oct 27 – Nov 16 / Dec 14- Barra de Santiago – arrive in the evening – stay 2 nights
Free Day Relax all day at La Palapa turtle conservation program La Palapa at – home of our Turtle conservation project.
Enjoy a beach day in the ocean and pool and hopefully a turtle release that evening and a lovely evening under the stars. During the day we can visit the the quaint fisherman’s village of Barra de Santiago and even take a crocodile tour!
DAY 7 Sunday Sept 22 /Oct 28, Nov 17 / Dec 15
After breakfast we will depart La Palapa and drive back down the coastal route. We can check out the the cool the cool antiresort in Mizata. and you will see our beaches along the lovely coastside in San Salvador including El Tunco, Bitcoin Beach, Sunsal and Surf City. Afterwards we will check in again at our hotel in San Salvador.
Day 8 Departure – Monday – Sept 23 / Oct 29, Nov 18 / Dec 16
Depart for the Artisan Market in San Salvador for shopping.. The National Handcrafts Market in San Salvador, textiles, pottery, paintings, and musical instruments are just some of the items for sale, reflecting the typical arts and crafts of El Salvador and neighboring countries
Depart f
or Airport.
