Due to the pandemic, we have not been able to receive international volunteers since March 2020. However, since the end of August our team has grwon and Julia and Felix from Austria are supporting us in SALEM for one year. What was your main motivation for volunteering abroad? Julia: I already had the idea of…

Teaching our children about dental care is important to us. Before the pandemic we always make sure that everyone at SALEM brushes their teeth after eating. Our goal is that dental care is valued by our children and that they can maintain good hygiene throughout their lives. Due to biosecurity protocols, we continue to transmit…

For SALEM our focus is always the welfare of the most disadvantaged populations. Many women, girls, boys and adolescents suffer violence from a very early age. The World Health Organization details that almost 736 million people suffer violence at the hands of a partner or others, and it has worsened with the confinements due to…

We are very pleased with Terrazas de Dana for joining our Cooperative Sponsorship program. A sincere thank you for committing to monthly donations for SALEM Ecuador. We recognize your community spirit and fight in defense of the most vulnerable. Thank you to our first sponsors in the territory! David and Ana, natives of the Canary…

Because the school year here ends in February, March and April are the months when the kids in Mindo and the rest of the coastal regimen of Ecuador have their long vacation.  As in the previous year, SALEM counts on the willingness to cooperate in Mindo, so that we can offer the children and young…