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San Ramon
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This semi-urban community sits at the foot of the “San Salvador Volcano” in the town of Mejicanos. San Ramon was the site of intense fighting during the civil war in El Salvador from 1980-1992 and memories of the war are still vivid for many of the community members. Also present is a community desire to unite and move forward. Various community groups in San Ramon work to ensure basic human rights while others work with community empowerment and local development projects.
There are four Salvadoran women who have run a soy project in San Ramon for the past twelve years with the financial assistance and community support of Maryknoll Lay Missioners. These four women possess incredible spirits and are courageous leaders. They are experts in the production of soy milk and healthy soy based foods, group leaders at various community events and all in all, amazing women. The project serves children and their families as well as the elderly of the community on a daily basis while providing frequent workshops for women.
As funding for the soy project in San Ramon is slowly coming to a close, it is ConnectEd’s pleasure to begin a partnership with the soy project beginning in August of 2007. The women will continue their soy project as they have in the past and ConnectEd will implement the technology portion of our programs. Computers will be installed and classes begun by the end of 2007.
