After many years spent changing lives and improving communities outside of our department of origin (Sonsonate, the department or state containing the pueblo of Santo Domingo de Guzman where I first visited El Salvador), The Least Among Us will turn its attention, thanks to its generous donors, to the Paul VI school in Nahuizalco, Sonsonate. Nahuizalco is located approximately 90 kilometers from the capitol San Salvador (see google map below), and is home to a population consisting of mostly indigenous Salvadorans who still speak their native Nahuatl language. The school, serving over 730 students from kindergarten through ninth grade, is already running at capacity with classes running morning through late afternoon. Although the school has room for two badly needed additional classrooms, the local agrarian community simply cannot afford the construction costs…that is, without the help of The Least Among Us!
Please continue to follow construction progress through this newsfeed, the Facebook page, and the Picasa photo album.
Thanks to friends, family, Father Keane’s parishioners at St. Mary’s in Goldsboro, and quite a few anonymous donors for making this project possible. Special thanks to the students at the University of Dallas, whose Charity Week 2012 proceeds will fund construction of an entire classroom.
Pablo VI students: “Thank you for your help.”
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