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One Home, Two Nations
WEB LINKS
Organizations that work with Salvadorans in the US
Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, DC
Pan American Communities
This group provides training, matching funds, and other resources to US immigrant groups that want to help their home countries.
Pan American Development Fund
This group creates public-private partnerships to assist the least advantaged people in Latin America. It works directly with El Salvador.
CARECEN
The Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) of Washington offers legal, educational, housing, citizenship and civic participation programs to the DC immigrant community
Further reading on remittances
The Pew Hispanic Center
This top research institution has several studies that explore the massive flow of dollars that links Hispanic immigrants with their families back home.
The Inter American Dialogue
This DC-based think tank hosts top remittance scholar Manuel Orozco. His paper explores remittances and hometown associations within the Salvadoran immigrant community.
In this paper, Dr. Orozco examines the potential contribution of remittances to social and economic development in Latin America.
MIT's Center for International Studies
This paper calls remittances a "faulty lifeline" to Latin America. It argues they act as a smokescreen to hide the pressing need for aid to the region.
The World Bank
This paper reviews international migration and the "brain drain" phenomenon.
MAIN PAGE
ONE HOME, TWO NATIONS
STORIES
PART 1: Francisco and Luis
PART 2: Nelly and Mauricio
PHOTOS
Fairfax and Chinameca
DAY 2: Nelly and Mauricio, and Chinameca
DISCUSS
POST YOUR THOUGHTS: Reporter Dan Grech will respond to comments and questions about this series.
RELATED STORY
Helping the folks back home
WEB EXTRAS
ECONOMIC COMPARISON: El Salvador and the United States
REMITTANCES: All about the money that's sent home
CHART AND MAP: Growth of remittances, 1993 - 2005
SONGS OF CHINAMECA: Music and Translated Lyrics
WEBLINKS: Organizations, Further reading
ABOUT THE REPORTER:
Dan Grech
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
INFORMATION: About the organization assisting Chinameca
ONE HOME, TWO NATIONS
STORIES
PART 1: Francisco and Luis
PART 2: Nelly and Mauricio
PHOTOS
Fairfax and Chinameca
DAY 2: Nelly and Mauricio, and Chinameca
DISCUSS
POST YOUR THOUGHTS: Reporter Dan Grech will respond to comments and questions about this series.
RELATED STORY
Helping the folks back home
WEB EXTRAS
ECONOMIC COMPARISON: El Salvador and the United States
REMITTANCES: All about the money that's sent home
CHART AND MAP: Growth of remittances, 1993 - 2005
SONGS OF CHINAMECA: Music and Translated Lyrics
WEBLINKS: Organizations, Further reading
ABOUT THE REPORTER:
Dan Grech
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
INFORMATION: About the organization assisting Chinameca
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