Just a few months on from our Women of Hope events held in El Salvador in March, we are increasingly humbled by the fruit we continue to see yielding through our women's program.

A few months ago, a tourism ad for El Salvador began popping up in my social media feed. It featured some vibrant, colourful landscapes, mouth-watering food and some of El Salvador’s world-class surf beaches. It all led to the compelling statement at the end with a slogan that read “El Salvador is changing” across the last screen.

We are counting down to March, and we can’t wait because something very special is happening in El Salvador!

As this year draws to a close, we are already excitedly anticipating and looking to what next year may bring. Due to the fantastic success and exceptional growth of our 'Girls of Hope!' project, we are inspired to go for more. Bring on 2023!

When Marta*, a mother of two young daughters, learned about the abuse her daughters were enduring at the hands of their stepfather, she took action.

One year on from the official launch of our Women of Hope initiative, aimed to help combat gender-based violence in El Salvador, we are seeing our violence prevention program ‘Girls of Hope!’ enter a season of multiplication. We could not be more excited!

This past weekend, El Salvador’s government declared a state of emergency as the number of homicides on Friday and Saturday reached numbers not seen in the country since the war.

Tuesday March 8th will mark International Women's Day, the annual global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of incredible women across the world.

Salvador’s HOPE is kicking off 2022 with exciting new plans as we continue working toward our vision of having an even greater and positive impact in the lives of people living in poverty.

In the midst of what has been an incredibly difficult year, you have shown up in an incredibly generous way to help the people of El Salvador.

As we prepare for our participants to go through our Girls of Hope! violence prevention program in the next coming weeks in El Salvador the conversations with our partners have largely centred on one thing,

The first time we became really aware of the extent of gender-based violence in El Salvador, was around 2012. We were on our third trip to El Salvador, one day as we were on our way to minister to some kids from an orphanage, we drove through a town called Suchitoto which sits about 30 minutes outside of the capital San Salvador.

Cecilia, is a 19-year-old Salvadoran girl. Cecilia has had to seek a restraining order so that her stepbrother could no longer pursue her. At the age of 10 she was taken away by him from the family home.

This March, as celebrations for International Women’s Day took centre stage around the world, issues pertaining to women and their safety have led to important topical discussions in mainstream society in a way which we haven't seen before.