María, a resident of Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci, laughing against a turquoise wall.

Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci · Zaragoza, La Libertad, El Salvador

Thirty-eight elders. Two days of water a week.

For decades they paid $9 a month for water...

Read their story

Who we are

A home for those with nowhere else

On its official sign, this place is called “Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci”, donors today call it Zaragoza Home.

In a small town called Zaragoza...

Many residents arrived with no one...

35 of 38 residents have been completely abandoned by their families.
Entrance signage of Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci.
The entrance to Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci.

Watch their story

Two minutes inside the home

A short documentary from the staff at Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci.

The painted red entrance to Hogar de Ancianos Giuseppe Angelucci.

What happened

A debt from the past, being paid down today.

A few years ago the home's water bills jumped suddenly, and a debt built up.

$15,000 The original debt
$8,000 Already paid down by donors
$7,000 Still to raise
38 Residents at the home

For more than a decade...

Today, after several conversations...

The $15,000 debt itself still has to be paid...

What we are asking for today is help finishing the debt...

The place

Painted walls. Tended plants. Beds that break.

The home runs on what comes in...

The home's central courtyard, with the large shade tree.
The courtyard, with the tree the residents sit under most afternoons.
An afternoon in the common room with residents, staff, and volunteers.
An afternoon in the common room, residents, staff, and volunteers together.
A long walkway lined with flowers.
A walkway along the building, lined with flowers.
A side wall and the back gate, peaceful and well-kept.
A side wall and the back gate, quiet, well-kept.
Worn furniture in the home.
Worn furniture that has been here longer than anyone remembers.
Three wheelchairs lined up against a chain-link fence.
The wheelchairs that get the residents through the day.

Who you're helping

Thirty-eight names. Eight you can meet today.

Every donation reaches a real person...

  • María, a resident, laughing.
    María
  • Marta Julia, a resident.
    Marta Julia
  • Mario, a resident.
    Mario
  • Cristian, a resident.
    Cristian
  • Santiago, a resident.
    Santiago
  • Marcos, a resident.
    Marcos
  • Luisito, a resident.
    Luisito
  • Jesús, a resident.
    Jesús

The hands that keep this place running

Seven people for thirty-eight elders

A small, devoted team runs the home every day.

Carolina, General Director, smiling at the entrance gate.

Carolina

General Director

Cristian, Nurse, in front of the home's signage.

Cristian

Nurse

Make a difference

Three ways to help right now

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Every dollar moves us closer...

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