Hola amigos!!
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. I’m really excited to share these next four months with you! As I explained in the “About Me” section, I will be studying abroad this semester in San Salvador, El Salvador through Casa de la Solidaridad (House of Solidarity), a service-learning program hosted by Santa Clara University. I will be taking classes at the University of Central America (UCA) while living in a community setting with Salvadoran scholarship students (becarios) and 20 other students from across the United States. I will also be doing service work two days a week (I will fill you in on the details of my service site as soon as they are finalized!).
Here’s a little background information on the program:
Casa was established in 1999 by Trena and Kevin Yonkers-Talz, who still serve as the directors of the program. I was initially attracted to the program because of its emphasis on social justice, and found deeper significance as I began to consider the history of El Salvador, specifically the incident on November 16, 1989 when six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered at UCA. In all, over 75,000 deaths occurred during El Salvador’s civil war between 1980-1992. Although El Salvador’s past is tragic and extremely upsetting, I feel that it is very important to be aware of what has occurred in order to understand the current situation of the country.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog. I’m really excited to share these next four months with you! As I explained in the “About Me” section, I will be studying abroad this semester in San Salvador, El Salvador through Casa de la Solidaridad (House of Solidarity), a service-learning program hosted by Santa Clara University. I will be taking classes at the University of Central America (UCA) while living in a community setting with Salvadoran scholarship students (becarios) and 20 other students from across the United States. I will also be doing service work two days a week (I will fill you in on the details of my service site as soon as they are finalized!).
Here’s a little background information on the program:
Casa was established in 1999 by Trena and Kevin Yonkers-Talz, who still serve as the directors of the program. I was initially attracted to the program because of its emphasis on social justice, and found deeper significance as I began to consider the history of El Salvador, specifically the incident on November 16, 1989 when six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered at UCA. In all, over 75,000 deaths occurred during El Salvador’s civil war between 1980-1992. Although El Salvador’s past is tragic and extremely upsetting, I feel that it is very important to be aware of what has occurred in order to understand the current situation of the country.
Here is a link to an article published in 2004 that gives a very personal account of the effects of El Salvador's civil war:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3879373.stm
Please feel free to leave comments or e-mail me throughout the course of the semester. I would love to hear from anyone and everyone!!! domianc@rockhurst.edu
Hasta Luego,
Chandler
Chandler
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