Next to the last day...

Visit to Radio Victoria, community radio fighting for community rights against the corruption in the political system and against the mining companies that threaten the environment.  The station and staff have been harassed and received death threats for their community involvement. 

http://www.radiovictoriaes.org/

Meeting with Oscar and Elvis to learn about the role of the radio in the community.  The radio is run by the young people in the community and is used by some to send messages to people living in the surrounding areas. Programming includes women's program, children's program, theology program and of course music.

On the way upstairs for our meeting we came face to face with local Anacortes artists Phil Elverum and Karl Blau.  We saw four posters on the stairs advertising shows to benefit Radio Victoria in Olympia in 2000. Hey that house looks a little familiar to those of us who travel the Campbell Lake Road....Maybe it's time for another benefit show?

In the studio, live on the air...

We meet again!...we were so happy to see Bishop Barahona again at San Andrés Apóstol in Soyapango,  just outside San Salvador.

Carol with the women's group at San Andrés Apóstol.  The women make jewelry and candles to sell to supplement their incomes.  They also return a portion of the proceeds back to the church.  The church has run a school in the past that they were forced to close last year.  They hope to re-open the kindergarten and pre-school this year.