and the University of Pennsylvania spent a week living in
Ciudad Romero, a village in the Usulutan region of
El Salvador. We journeyed to El Salvador as part of an
Alternative Spring Break organized by the
American Jewish World Service.* During the week, we helped
build and rebuild homes that were destroyed in the
devastating earthquakes that took place in January and
February of that year. In the process, we found that
we, too, were being rebuilt.
The images you see here call attention to these young
lives, touched by tragedy and destruction, yet
persevering with laughter and joy.
This exhibit carries with it the message of tikkun olam,
fixing the world. When we work to enrich the life of
one, we enrich an entire universe of hope and
possibility. We are grateful to the children who have
touched and enriched our own lives. We hope to
bring their love and hope into our own individual and
communal paths of tikkun olam.
