Co-Partners of Campesinas

Give these women a second floor and a second chance!

For 19 years a valiant group of rural women in Ilobasco, El Salvador has been running en education and training organization for rural women and youth, using small grants they receive from the US. They call their organization La Nueva Esperanza (New Hope) to reflect their hope for a better life after El Salvador's civil war. Over 800 girls and women have learned dressmaking and tailoring; over 100 youth have learned computer skills; others have learned to make traditional crafts and natural medicine. Over fifty percent report earnings from thier new skills. Over 2,000 children have received scholarships of school supplies or school transportation money. They are losing the borrowed building where they have worked for the last ten years. To continue, they need a meeting place. They have a piece of land and funds to build one floor. they need $10,000 to build a second story.

Give these women a second floor and a second chance!