Typical 10-Day Service Delegation
All delegation agendas vary according to (1) your organization's goals and preferences and (2) the goals, preferences, and needs of our community partners in El Salvador. CoCoDA strives to create an experience that is highly educational, constantly engaging, and deeply meaningful. As you are living and interacting with families in a local community, you also begin to understand the context for their lives. We balance your community experience with meetings and presentations with experts on Salvadoran affairs, political representatives from all ends of the spectrum, and business, academic, economic, religious, and social leaders.
The best place to start planning your delegation is through a conversation. Call or email us (contact information below) to learn more. To help guide your questions, it may be helpful to read project examples and sample itineraries:
>> July 2010 schedule for the Rotary Club Community Water Project delegation
>> Examples of CoCoDA service projects
The best place to start planning your delegation is through a conversation. Call or email us (contact information below) to learn more. To help guide your questions, it may be helpful to read project examples and sample itineraries:
>> July 2010 schedule for the Rotary Club Community Water Project delegation
>> Examples of CoCoDA service projects
Sample itinerary for a 10-day service trip for June 2011
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday to Monday
Community activities:
...live/share/work with host families
...work on community development project
...possible trips to capital for meetings and presentations
...fun evening activities in Suchitoto
...Mass at Suchitoto church on Sunday
...goodbye festival/party Monday night
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Arrival to San Salvador Flight TBD
- Check in at San Salvador Guest House
- Lunch/Snack
- Settle In and Orientation
- Presentation about current events by Rolando Gonzalez of REDES
- Dinner @ Guest House
Tuesday
- Breakfast
- Presentation of History of El Salvador at Equipo Maiz
- Visit Divina Providencia/site of Romero's assassination
- Visit war memorial in Parque Cuscatlan
- Lunch at La Luna
- Visit Iglesia del Rosario/Parque Libertad
- Visit the National Cathedral/Romero's tomb
- Dinner out
Wednesday
- Breakfast at Guest House
- Visit Centro Romero at the UCA
- Shicali crafts cooperative
- Wednesday
- Lunch
- Meeting with government officials at the National Assembly
- Dinner
Thursday
- Breakfast
- Travel to community
- Settle-in with families
- Lunch and community orientation
- Tour of the community
- Dinner and time with host families
Friday to Monday
Community activities:
...live/share/work with host families
...work on community development project
...possible trips to capital for meetings and presentations
...fun evening activities in Suchitoto
...Mass at Suchitoto church on Sunday
...goodbye festival/party Monday night
Tuesday
- Depart for Beach
- Final reflections and relaxation at beach
Wednesday
- Depart for airport