Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A year later, Sister Cities relationship is nourishing an offspring of economic and cultural exchanges.
What started as a partnership that took root between Montgomery County and El Salvador last summer is bearing fruit in the form of continued efforts to foster cultural understanding and spur educational and economic outreach. County Executive Isiah Leggett will give voice to those deepening ties on Sunday at the Salvadoran Festival at the Montgomery County fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, where he’ll address those celebrating El Salvador's independence. The burgeoning relationship traces back to 2009 when Leggett (D) pushed to find Montgomery County its first Sister City. El Salvador accounts for one-third of Montgomery County’s residents who are foreign-born, making the Central American country an obvious choice as Montgomery’s first Sister …
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Isiah Leggett will lead Montgomery County contingent next week in El Salvador's Morazan region.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett leaves for El Salvador on Saturday, leading a group of more than 60 volunteers, business leaders and county officials on an eight-day excursion meant to forge relationships that will last for years to come. Montgomery County has had relationships with communities overseas, but never an official Sister City. Leggett started a search for candidates two years ago, and with one of the largest shares of the county’s foreign-born, El Salvador emerged as the first candidate. Leggett settled on Morazan, a department (the equivalent of a state) in eastern El Salvador. The Sister City agreement will be inked on Tuesday in the main plaza of San Francisco Gotera, Morazan's capital. But the trip's broader goal …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Local service group will travel with a diverse group to volunteer at a Salvadorian maternity center and elementary school.over
Hoping to raise $75 to pay for the education of a child in India, Saanya Ali created greeting cards to sell at a family wedding. At just 9 years old, Ali didn’t want her mom to simply write a check, she wanted to make the money on her own. Ali, now 15, ended up making $600, enough money to educate eight children and enough inspiration to continue making cards for the next six years -- accumulating $26,000, all of which she’s donated to charity. Later this week, Ali will continue her philanthropy in El Salvador with 12 others as part of the Bethesda-based service group MoverMoms’ first international service trip. Ranging in age from 9 to 60 years old, volunteers will work at a Salvadorian maternity center and elementary school to teach …
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