Hermanas Spokane celebrated their 10th anniversary on March 16, 2012. We are proud to have been in solidarity with our Hermanas in Huisisilapa (Huisi), San Pablo Tacachico, Dept La Libertad, El Salvador, Central America these past years. We have built solid trusting relationships with our Hermanas (women leaders in Huisi) as well as with the town council and the school board. Somebody ...

The following news was written by Maira, one of the college students from Huisisilapa who is beginning her 4th year at the National University in El Salvador.

Hola Felicia feliz día de San Valentín, espero que hayas disfrutado de estas celebración con tu novio y todos tus amigos y amigas.

Hello Phyllis and Happy Valentine’s Day.  I hope that you enjoyed the day and celebrated with your boyfriend and all of your friends.

Ayer celebramos el día del amor y la amistad en ...

HUISISILAPA LUCHA POR SU RECUPERACIÓN DESPUES DE LOS EFECTOS CAUSADOS POR LA DEPRESIÓN TROPICAL 12E DE OCTUBRE DE 2011.

Por Marcos Gálvez

20 de noviembre de 2011

Huisisilapa struggles to recover from the tropical storm on October 12, 2011.

By Marcos Gálvez

Nov. 20, 2011

Huisisilapa está ubicada en el municipio de San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad. La comunidad ha construido sus casas cerca de las riberas del Río Sucio, aquí viven más de 800 personas. Esta comunidad empezó a rehacer sus vidas en 1992 después ...

Minda called this evening with an update on the flooding. It quit raining today, Tues. Oct 18th, so the water is receding. Unfortunately the bridge to Aguilares (the closest major commercial town) is partially washed away so the people can’t get to Aguilares for shopping or to go north to Chalentengo, etc. This is especially upsetting because 3 students from Huisi study that direction. I suspect it will take some time to fix the bridge.

Meanwhile ...

Below is a new email from Maira telling us about the flooding in El Salvador. Peace. Phyllis

Hola amigas.

Quiero informarles que desde el miércoles de la semana pasa a nivel nacional se suspendieron las clases debido a la tormenta tropical que entro en el territorio salvadoreño, el viernes el presidente de la República declaró que todo el país esta en Emergencia debido a la cantidad de lluvia que ha caido en el pais, los suelos estan saturados de ...

Below is a letter from Maira, one of the Huisi college students studying economics. Be sure to subscribe to this website to receive correspondence from Huisi.

Querida Felicia

Hace tres semana inicié las clases en la universidad, mis nuevas materias son muy interesantes; mis profesores son personas con mucha experiencia. En estos seis meses tengo que leer los tres tomos del Capital de Karl Marx, en mi materia de Economía Política, esta es una de mis clases favoritas, donde estudiamos ...

The school year in El Salvador is from January or February through October or November depending upon program of study, a particular school, and the level of study, elementary through college. This means that semester break for college students is in July. Mercedes wrote the following letter July 5th.

Note that she references the streets of Huisisilapa. The municipality of San Pablo Tacachico (Tacachico) has promised the paving of some of the roads in the village. The ...

Maira is a graduate of  Huisisilapa (Huisi) High School and is currently in her third year of studying economics at the national university in San Salvador.  The college students have started a tutoring program for children in Huisisilapa who are left behind in classrooms of 40 students with very limited resources.  Hermanas Spokane has started a library fund to help the community build a new library.  Meanwhile if you would like to donate $20 to help the college students with ...