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Friday, September 30, 2005
Chiropractic Mission
Four chiropractors from the USA treated 250 people over five days in San Vincente. Steve Tanaka, one
of the practioners, has been visiting El Salvador for this purpose every year since 1992.
New Bridge Will United Twelve Communities
A new 75 foot bridge will connect about 10,000 people in an area near San Antonio del Mosco in the department
of San Miguel.
More Heavy Rains
Heavy rains struck again today, killing one person in La Union, in the eastern part of the country.
In San Salvador and elsewhere rain indundated communities. In some places the goverment evacuated hundreds of familes.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wal-Mart Buys CA Retail Chain
Wal-Mart has purchased 33% of CARHCO, a joint venture, from Royal Ahold NV, a Dutch company. Wal-Mart will acquire
controlling interest in CARHCO by the end of 2006. Royal Ahold owns several US grocery chains, including Stop &
Shop. CARHCO owns a number of businesses in El Salvador, including Hiper Paiz, Despensas Familiares, and Despensa de
Don Juan. So the next time I buy cough medicine or jeans in El Salvador I will most likely be buying from the folks
from Bentonville, Arkansas. Well, there are 23 Pollo Camperos in the USA....
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Low Air Fares
Delta and American have listed fares as low as $442.65 from Syracuse to El Salvador for October through
the end of March. Delta availability is quite limited.
Festival of Lights
For one night Ahuachapán is illuminated by lights as it has been for 474 years! Click on the link
for a video.
IAES Donates to Hurricane Relief
[Source: Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador] The Anglican
Episcopal Church of El Salvador (IAES) is designating all of September's offerings to Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)
for hurricane relief efforts. The IAES Diocesan Council, parish lay leaders and all the clergy decided that the four Sunday
collections should be given in solidarity to those affected first by Hurricane Katrina and now potentially by Hurricane Rita.
In addition to the monetary offering, children from churches and schools are making cards to send to ERD in which they express
their love and solidarity to those affected by the hurricanes.
Bishop Martin Barahona of
El Salvador and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Region of Central America (IARCA), said, "We wish to let the Episcopal
Church know of our sadness, accompaniment, and our solidarity. We share your pain. We pray that God will give people the strength
to surmount the current difficulties. We are particularly saddened by what happened in New Orleans." He added that Salvadorans
are ready to come to the United States to help with relief efforts in Spanish-speaking communities.
Fundacion Cristosal, a Vermont-based foundation for the support of the Anglican Church of El Salvador, is also supporting
this effort.
On September 28, the five bishops of the Anglican Church of the Region of Central
America will be meeting with Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold in New York City, at which time they will extend their solidarity,
support and help.
Barahona said, in conclusion, that this offering "comes from the heart
of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador."
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Salvadoran Roman Church Expresses Disappointment in UN Conclave
From La Prensa Grafica...
The auxiliary archbishop of San Salvador said the church was not satisfied with the results of the results
of the 60th annual session of the UN. He went so far as to call the final communique 'deceptive'. He reaffirmed
the church's call for developed nations to spend 0.7% of their GDP on aid to developing nations, where millions of people
live on less than one dollar a day. He also repeated the pope's call for reforms to the UN so that more attention is
paid to the themes of war, human rights and development.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Diplomatic Get-Together
César Martínez, newly appointed ambassador to the UN, with H. Douglas Barcaly, ambassador of the USA, Roberto Victoria
y Claudio Gell.
Fourteen Escape Prison
Fourteen convicts, including ten convicted of murder, escaped the prison in Ilobasco, Cabañas, by tunnelling
under a wall. Five guards have been charged in the escape.
The Struggle Toward Equality
Gustavo Gonzalez, Inter Press Service (IPS) Fri Sep 16, 5:37 PM ET
SANTIAGO, Sep 16 (IPS) - One of the few Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that the countries of Latin America
and the Caribbean have already met or are well on their way to fulfilling refers to gender equality at all levels of education.
However, that achievement is not reflected by better job opportunities for women or equal pay
for men and women.
There are more girls than boys enrolled in primary and secondary school in nearly all of the countries in
the region, and there are also more women than men in higher education in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.
Marta Mauras, secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), noted in the
meeting's central report that women's wages are 30 to 40 percent lower on average than those of men.
She also pointed to the paradox that the income gap is greater among workers with more than 13 years of education
than among those with the least education.
El Salvador officials issue volcano alert
Sep 14 2005
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El Salvador officials said yesterday that they are stepping up emergency preparations after a
study by experts indicated that the rumbling Ilamatepec volcano is likely to erupt soon.
Interior Minister Rene Figueroa said officials are starting to practice evacuations and are preparing shelters
for the estimated 10,000 people living near the volcano, 30 miles west of the capital San Salvador.
“The studies by the scientists tell us that in the coming weeks or months we could have some type of eruptive
manifestation,” Figueroa told a news conference.
The 7,812-foot peak, also known as the Santa Ana Volcano, emitted clouds of gas and vapour and apparently
spat out some glowing rock on August 27-29.
Next Meeting of Medical Mission Participants
We have scheduled our next medical mission meeting for Sunday, Sept 25th at 3PM at the Cathedral in Syracuse.
Anyone planning on coming please let me know. If you have friends who think they may like to go please bring them.
Our mission trip is planned for Jan 30 - Feb 6. That is a Monday to Monday. Our agenda for the September meeting
will be informational as well further discussions of our plans.
Thank you,
BARBARA McKNIGHT
PFMBJM@aol.com
Thursday, September 15, 2005
No One is Too Poor to Give...
... and no one is too rich to receive.
Report, PTT, 13 September 2005
RAMALLAH -- Palestinian refugees, moved by the plight of survivors of Hurricane Katrina will present US
Consul-General, Jake Wallace, with a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross. The donation will be given today (13 September
2005) at 12 noon at the President’s Office in Ramallah.
Dr. Rafiq Husseini, Chief of Staff of President Mahmoud Abbas will offer the donation on behalf of the President
and Palestinian refugees. The donation will be earmarked to those survivors most affected by the Hurricane – the displaced
poor, elderly and disabled. Money was recently collected by Palestinian refugees in the refugee camps of the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
Commenting on the donation, President Abbas notes, "On behalf of the Palestinian people and, in particular,
the refugee communities of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, I wish to express our deepest sympathy with the survivors of Hurricane
Katrina. With our humble donation, we feel it is important to show our concern since Palestinians know all too well the pain
and hardship caused by being a refugee. We pray that they will soon be able to return to their homes."
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Film Competition
Nine entries from El Salvador will be at the Central American Cinema Festival in Guatemala in November.
Below are links to clips from some of the entries. Some may be upsetting.
One Year without Deaths from Dengue
The government of El Salvador has spent almost six million dollars to combat dengue in 2005. Since
March 19 or last year there have been no deaths from dengue reported. Most of the investment has been in fumigation
and destruction of mosquito breeding places. $230,000 has been spent on public education.
Even though there have been no fatal cases, dengue -- of which there are several types -- is still quite
common. Yesterday seven children were admitted to Bloom Hospital -- the major pediatric hospital in the country -- with
suspected dengue. In the metropolitan areas of San Salvador and San Vincente 20% of the houses have significant mosquito
populations. (Window screens are essentially unknown in El Salvador.)
Spraying for mosquitoes in a school.
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
El Salvador may trade oil for sugar with Venezuela
The Salvadorian government has reportedly changed its stance and now is favoring an agreement to purchase
oil from Venezuela under preferential terms, even though officials had rejected this proposal from the Farabundo Martí National
Liberation Front.
"We are on the fringe of extreme situations, and we can no longer stand by," said Salvadorian Vice President
Ana Vilma de Escobar. She explained that El Salvador is to seek, through the commission of Centro American Ministers of Economy,
a preferential price to purchase oil from Venezuela, Prensa Gráfica reported.
She added they are facing "a extremely serious" situation, and indicated that "creative moves" would be adopted,
such as trading Salvadorian coffee or sugar for Venezuelan oil. This proposal was made by the leader of Farabundo Martí National
Liberation Front Schafik Handal last month following a visit to Caracas.
http://www.eluniversal.com/2005/09/06/en_pol_art_06A608895.shtml
Sunday, September 4, 2005
From Felicity Hallanan
Good People,
This excerpt from the Washington Post says it all. We need eachother. Thank
you, El Salvador, gracias for being our friends!
Felicity
Rice: U.S. Receiving Offers of Hurricane Aid From Around the Globe
By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 2, 2005; 6:12 PM
In a twist on the usual flow of international aid, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that the United
States had received dozens of offers of hurricane aid from foreign countries on six continents and had not turned down any
offer.
The State Department released a list of 59 countries and organizations that have made offers since Hurricane Katrina
ravaged the Gulf Coast. They include poor countries such as El Salvador, Armenia, the Philippines and India. The list also
included countries with which the United States has no relations or poor relations, such as Cuba and Venezuela.
Friday, September 2, 2005
American Red Cross Works in El Salvador, too
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
To reduce the high number of child deaths in El Salvador,
the American Red Cross is working together with the Salvadorean Red Cross, the Pan American Health Organization, the Ministry
of Health and other groups through the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. IMCI aims to reduce child mortality from the five illnesses that account for the majority of childhood deaths in
the developing world. These include diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, measles, malaria and malnutrition. Community health
volunteers are trained to prevent, recognize and treat the five deadly childhood illnesses. Teaching the 16 Key Family Practices is fundamental to IMCI. Once trained in IMCI, health educators teach caregivers and parents to recognize the danger signs
of these diseases, encouraging referral to health facilities when needed.
Buy Supplies for Children in El Salvador, too....
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