This is the month dedicated to all the teachers who belongs to our team in Educational Area

Congratulations to all of you!.

Here in Agape we have singular areas in education, formal to informal. And we always are looking for the best for all our students and beneficiaries  because they trust in us.

Therefore here we present the different Institution that we have:

It is a modern educational complex that offers integral pre-kindergarten through high school education. It has capacity for more than 1,000 students.

The school has a fully equipped state-of-the-art computer lab, spacious grounds and buildings, a gymnasium and green areas.

St. Francis School is well known in Sonsonate as a leader in education and as an institution that obtains national awards. It is the only school in Sonsonate with the modern FUTUREKID program.

In the year 2003, the school classified for the third time as a National Champion in the Central American and Caribbean student games (CODICADER).

The second grade won the seventh national spelling, language and literature contest. This contest took place in November, 2003 and it was promoted by the Ministry of Education and the POMA Foundation.

colegiosanfrancisco@agape.com.sv

PAEBA Adult Alphabetization Program

Adult education plays an important role in the Agape Association of El Salvador. Each year through PAEBA, we teach more than 15,000 adults to read and write in El Salvador. In the year 2003, there were more than 620 alphabetizers in charge of going to communities to teach reading and writing. 8,655 adults participated in this program in Sonsonate and 4,000 in Ahuachapán.

PROFESSIONAL FORMATION CENTER (CFP)

This center contributes to the professional formation of more than 1,500 men and women in the following areas:

Plumbers, cameramen, carpenters, construction carpenters, cooks, computer technicians, seamstresses, cosmetology specialists, electricians, automechanics, art & crafts, mechanical welder, waiters, industrial machine operators, bakers, radio and T.V. repair technicians, tailors, salespeople, and technical salesmen.

Through CFP, Agape of El Salvador has provided educational opportunities to various salvadoran provinces and towns: Nombre de Jesús, Chalatenango, Sonsonate, Caluco, Zacatecoluca, Usulutan, San Pablo Tacachico, Cabañas,  Atiquizaya, Acajutla, San Juan Opico and San José Villanueva. The courses are taught in 20 municipalities and 7

cfp@agape.com.sv

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTES OF SONSONATE AND CHALATENANGO

www.itcha.edu.sv

Contributing to the formation of capable professionals for the Salvadoran society, the Agape Association of El Salvador, through the Technological Institutes of Sonsonate and Chalatenango, offers specialized teaching for students who wish to become computer engineering technicians and computer maintenance technicians.

On Nov. 14, 2003, we had a ceremony to place the first stone of the construction of the Technological Institute of Sonsonate (ITSO). We plan to have two completely equipped computer centers, an electricity workshop and an automatism workshop, a library, administrative offices, recreational areas. The building will have capacity for 800 people.From 2000 to 2003, the Technological Institute of Sonsonate ITSO graduated 204 students (out of 1,681 in attendance) and the Technological Institute of Chalatenango ITCHA graduated 105 students (out of 874 in attendance).

ENTRA 21

This is a program financed by the International Youth Foundation, FOMIN, USAID and AGAPE. It started in March 2003 to prepare 480 young people in two areas of information technology: Computer Operator and Computer Maintenance & Repair. The instruction period consists of two phases that last 6 months each. This project is for students in Sonsonate and La Union.