“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 which provides a healthy donation to each of the projects visited.
Trip price of $1,500 provides for a 6 night stay and all meals and transfers. (Alcoholic drinks can be purchased indivitually)
You can register for this trip HERE!
Day 1. Wednesday
The group arrives into El Salvador. . Boxed lunches on travel to Hotel in San Salvador. Hotel check in. Visit to Gente Ayudando Gente
Dinner
Day 2. Thursday
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, and 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 Friday
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. Saturday
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. Sunday
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.
Day 6 Monday
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 for Airport.
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