Empowering Communities in Rural El Salvador

Rural Health Care & Education

This program combines the efforts of rural health promoters in each village with a professional staff of doctors and nurses in area clinics.

Rural Preschool Program

Similar to "Head Start," this dynamic program serves preschool children (birth to age 6) and their families through quality education and home visits.

"Barefoot Angels" Urban Youth Program

“Barefoot Angels” targets young people 7 to 18 years old who work in the market and at the city dump. The program offers after-school tutoring, vocational training, sports, cultural activities and health education.

Eye Care–Vicky Guzmán Clinic

ASAPROSAR provides eye exams, glasses and surgery—all at affordable prices—through its clinics in Santa Ana and San Miguel, and around the country through its mobile eye care unit.

Microcredit

ASAPROSAR’s microcredit program offers loans to people—especially women—in rural and urban areas to start small businesses.

Sustainable Agriculture

El Salvador currently has the second highest level of ecological degradation in Latin America. About 80% of the territory is affected by soil erosion. To reverse these trends, ASAPROSAR teaches farmers to use organic fertilizers and pesticides, prevent soil erosion and plant nutritious crops.


Contacts
ASAPROSAR
Km. 62 1/2, Carretera Panamericana
Santa Ana, El Salvador
503-441-0646
asaprosar@navegante.com.sv
Vecinos
Molly Dougherty, Executive Director
PO Box 4562, Austin, TX 78765
info@asaprosar.com
ASAPROSAR Development Fund
Julia Quigley Long, Executive Director
jqlong@gmail.com
PO Box 5348, Bradford, MA 01835
978-969-2852
Eloise Clawson, U.S. Outreach Coordinator
eloclawson@aol.com
781-293-1340
Friends of ASAPROSAR
Dr. Alan Gruber, President
P. O. Box 127, Cohasset MA 02025
alangruber@massmed.org