California Dreamers: Community Support Project

Doris Romero Baccala’s Community Support Project
by BWB Sacramento Region and community of Perquin, El Salvador

This was a Civic Ignition Grant from the Multi-Regional Summit.

The schools in Perquín are located in a unique location and an especially unique situation. The lands they inhabit were overtaken by Honduras after the Salvadoran Civil War. This left the Salvadoran people in a peculiar circumstance because they identified as Salvadoran but are no longer protected by their birth nation nor were they accepted by the Honduran government which they were usurped upon. As a result, typical public amenities like schools began to slowly deteriorate and children, in particular, began lacking more and more resources over time.

For the past two years, Burners Without Borders Sacramento Region, Connected By Our Humanity, and California Dreamers have been slowly restoring two Perquin schools. In May of 2021 we were able to raise over $4,000 to help build desks for all students, repaint the walls, rebuild the school fence, and many other smaller projects. These $1,000 will be used to purchase school supplies such as whiteboards, markers, notebooks, pens, pencils, scissors, and reading books. As well as science equipment, first aid kits for the classrooms, and if funding allows, age-appropriate educational games for the classrooms.

Learn More: https://www.facebook.com/DreamersofCA/
Donate: Ongoing Crowdfunding for this project