CISPES is sending two exciting brigades to El Salvador this summer to support the FMLN government’s new health and education initiatives! We will be working alongside the thousands of Salvadoran students, teachers, doctors, nurses and health promoters who are making these programs happen every day.
Read on for more information and spread the word to those you know who want to lend a hand to support the transformation underway in El Salvador! If you are interested in joining either brigade, apply today!
Literacy Brigade: June 23 – July 15
Application deadline: April 15. There will be rolling acceptance for this brigade, so please apply early to secure your spot. Download an application, flyer and information sheet.
The new Ministry of Education, headed by Vice President and long-time FMLN leader Salvador Sánchez Cerén, has launched a national campaign to reduce illiteracy by four percent by 2014. The government is well on its way, thanks to the help of over 14,000 volunteers, mostly college students, who are teaching their neighbors to read and write in local literacy «circles.» Over 100,000 people, mostly older adults, graduated from this program in its first two years!
The Ministry of Education has called for international support for this program and CISPES is mobilizing volunteers to help recruit people to join a literacy circle in their community. If you want to make a concrete contribution to the people’s liberation through education, please join us this summer!
Conversational Spanish skills required
Download the brigade info sheet for full details on activities
Cost is $1500 -1950 total: $1000 in-country costs, $150-300 sliding scale registration fee, and $500-800 plane fare
Limited scholarships and fundraising support available
TO APPLY submit an application by April 15 and let your local CISPES chapter know that you want to join the brigade!
If you don’t live near a CISPES chapter, please direct questions and applications to brigade coordinator Lisa Fuller in the National Office: lisa@cispes.org, (202) 521-2510 ext. 204.
¡Educación para tod@s!
Medical Brigade: August 11 – 25, 2012
Application deadline: April 15. There will be rolling acceptance for this brigade, so please apply early to secure your spot. Download an application, flyer and information sheet.
Since 2009, the Ministry of Health has implemented important new programs to guarantee access to health care for all Salvadorans, regardless of income or employment, while revamping their health care model to reflect preventative and community-based care, and an emphasis on women’s health.
These exciting new programs require a tremendous amount of personnel and supplies, and the Ministry of Health has issued a call for support from the international medical community! On this brigade, we will provide direct medical care to targeted communities and begin linking hospitals, universities, nurses’ unions and other organizations of health care professionals with the Ministry of Health and public health care unions in El Salvador. Join the brigade and lend a hand to this international effort!
Medical Spanish fluency strongly desired, but not required
Download the brigade info sheet for full details on activities
Cost is $1350 -1800 total: $650 in-country costs, $150-300 sliding scale registration fee, and $500-800 plane fare
TO APPLY submit an application by April 15 and let your local CISPES chapter know that you want to join the brigade!
If you don’t live near a CISPES chapter, please direct questions and applications to brigade coordinator Alexis Stoumbelis in the National Office: alexis@cispes.org, (202) 521-2510 ext. 205.
¡Salud para tod@s!
