Edgewood's Sistering Relationship with the community of Las Vegas, El Salvador

Edgewood College has joined forces with the Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (founded in 1986) in a relationship of solidarity with the people of El Salvador. The MASCP, since the 1980s and from the height of the prolonged civil war, has sent frequent delegations to bear witness to the political and social situation in the country, to draw international attention to the plight of the Salvadoran people and to support health and education initiatives in Arcatao and its surrounding communities. In 1997 Edgewood College combined forces with MASCP to establish a sistering partnership with the small "canton" (village) of Las Vegas, half an hour's walk down the mountain from Arcatao.  One major project of the village, just finished in 1999, was the building of a new three room school, in which Edgewood has helped with supplies and modest financial help. More plans are under way for future projects, of which providing potable water for the village, currently without it, is at the top of the priorities list.

More information is to follow but here are nineteen photographs of the March 1998 delegation