Challenge
El Salvador is plagued with endemic gang violence, extreme poverty, and the exploitation of families trying to create a meaningful life. Rather than independent problems requiring targeted solutions, these crippling issues make up a complicated web of knots, connected to each other, that ensnare those unlucky enough to get caught in their grasp. Salvadorans have lost hope for their future. And when hope is extinguished, the only way forward is out.
Approach
Here’s the good news – there’s a Sister at every one of those knots, heads down, working away.
For many in El Salvador, Catholic Sisters represent a counter narrative to the violence and fear communities experience daily. Instead, they’re one of the most beloved and trusted people in their lives. In nearly every corner of El Salvador, Sisters do the hard work of addressing the most pressing needs of their own neighborhoods, day in and day out.
Alight is and always will be a non-sectarian, non-religious organization. But we also recognize true humanitarians when we see them. Now, we’ve decided to join forces with the Sisters, amplifying the change they’re already making, lifting their voices in unison. And we’re calling it The Color Movement.
