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.