Ale explained that the Carmelite Missionaries are a Catholic religious congregation that originated in Spain in the early 1860s. Today they have Chapters in many countries around the world through which their nuns do great act of kindness. Read more about their history at the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Web Page.
Almost 60 years ago, the Carmelite Missionaries first arrived in El Salvador from Spain to do charity for the country’s poor. When they first arrived they helped out in the San Salvador General Hospital. Later on, they moved to they settled in Soyapango in northern San Salvador and started building what is now known as Obra Social El Carmelo.
Obra Social El Carmelo is a charity complex where the nuns offer services to the less fortunate for a very low cost (or for free if the person is unable to pay). Today, the complex includes:
- Complejo Educativo Católico El Carmelo – a elementary, middle, and high school, with 1,210 students from the area. On dicember 2010, they will be graduating their first senior class. Browse through pictures of the school on their Facebook profile.
- A clinic
- A church
- An adult education centers for:
- Bakery
- Hair styling
- Cloth making
- A nutrition program
- A thrift shop – the thrift shop is a way the nuns make money to continue their services and it also makes good clothes and goods accessible for their beneficiaries.
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