Our Mission
Our outreaches to El Salvador involve serving people with disabilities in 
many ways. Our primary focus is to come alongside established ministries and churches to assist them in serving the disability community. We serve by bringing teams to assist the local Salvadorans in reaching children and adults with disabilities, cancer and other long term diseases in schools and orphanages, hospitals, and government facilities. We also work with the parents and families of these children. We bring donated items to share with the children and adults, and of course the Word of God and the message of salvation to all those we come in contact with.
We also bring wheelchairs and teams of therapists and mechanics to assist in custom seating each wheelchair to its recipient. We work with local Salvadoran therapists and mechanics who have been previously trained in seating. In addition we invite local therapists who have not been trained to receive training in wheelchair seating. We may also assist with accessibility (building ramps, etc) and training churches to serve those affected by disability. We strive to bring the love of Jesus, meet practical needs and share His joy with all those we serve.
In addition, we have begun to partner with Central American Mission Church in their programming to reach children of the street whose parents are prostitutes, gang members and/or in jail. Located just blocks from the “red light district” of San Salvador, we have joined the church in their programming to reach these “at risk” children as well as their parents.
We have a vision for the future to partner with C.A.R.E.S. Ministry and their plan to build an accessible facility in Cojutepeque to provide safe child care and education for those with disabilities, enabling their parents to obtain work and help break the cycle of poverty common with the the disabled. This vision includes job training, health care, wheelchair maintenance and other services to help meet the many needs of the disability community.
The needs are many and profound as we look to the Lord for our direction and focus. And as written in Matthew 9:37-38: Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
The Country of El Salvador
The Republic of El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and is about the size of the state of Massachusetts. This mountainous country, known as the Land of Volcanoes, is bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, and Honduras. San Salvador is it’s capital and largest city. El Salvador has a population of approximately 6.5 million.
El Salvador is the most developed country of Central America and has a close relationship with the U.S. Approximately 2.5 – 3 million Salvadorans live in the U.S. El Salvador uses the U.S. dollar as it’s currency. It has the third largest economy in Central America, and is the most densely populated, most of whom live in urban areas.
El Salvador declared its independence from Spain in September 1821, and was part of a federation of Central American states until 
1838. For decades after its independence, El Salvador experienced numerous revolutions and wars against other Central American republics. From 1931 to 1979 El Salvador was ruled by a series of military dictatorships. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, El Salvador was the focus of international attention due to its civil war. The war, fought between the military-led government and a coalition of left-wing guerrilla groups, was caused by decades of repressive, military-dominated rule and profound social inequality. Following the United Nations-mediated 1992 peace accords, which contained fundamental provisions for El Salvador’s democratization, a multiparty constitutional republic was established which remains in place to this day.
The national dish in El Salvador is the famous Pupusa which is a traditional Salvadoran dish made of a handmade corn or rice tortilla that is filled with a blend of cheese and other options, such as beans, meat or vegetables and cooked on an open grill. Salvadorans are extremely friendly, warm and welcoming – and will warm your heart when you enjoy a visit to their country!