Christmas in El Salvador

Every year PazSalud puts together baskets of food items for the families we have been working with over the years and we deliver them just before Christmas.  Each basket is filled with healthy staples for the family to enjoy during the holidays.  Sharing the gift of food during this special time of year is one of the ways PazSalud continues to be a presence in our past mission communities and help some very needy and deserving Salvadorans.

Christmas gifts

Every year, just before Christmas, PazSalud delivers gift baskets to some of the families that we have been working with over the years.  Each basket is filled with healthy staples for the family to enjoy during the holidays.  Sharing the gift of food during this special time of year is one of the ways PazSalud continues to be a presence in our past mission communities and be a catalyst for change in the lives of needy Salvadorans.

Rosita and daughter

Gloribel

Sandra and family

Carmen Aviles

In addition to conducting medical missions, PazSalud works closely with a handful of Salvadorans who require additional attention, resources and care beyond what our teams are able to provide during a medical brigade.  For example PazSalud has been working with Gloribel Marroquin since 2011 to ensure that she receives the special education she needs as a deaf child. 

Essential to our ability to assist Gloribel, however, is Carmen Aviles and her family.  Carmen lives next door to Gloribel and is PazSalud's conduit to manage the funds donated for her education, to provide us with regular updates on her progress, to troubleshoot problems that occur and to be a constant resource for guidance and advice to Gloribel and her family.  Without Carmen's generous help PazSalud would simply be unable to help Gloribel in that way that we currently do.  A very warm and special thank you for all she, and her family, does.

Carmen Aviles and 4 of her 9 children

 

Kathy Garcia and Carmen