Committee
Centeno
Committee Centeno-USA
The community organization Directive Centeno USA was founded in 2005 in the metropolitan region of the US capital, and according to its founders the mission is to promote the communal development of that canton, located in the municipality of Yayantique, in the Department of La Unión. Curiously, that canton is a little closer to the city of San Miguel than the city of La Unión, provincial capital of the department to which Centeno belongs.
Centeno USA is one of the fifteen organizations that belong to the Salvadoran American Transnational Communities (COTSA), which together work all year round to guarantee the development of their communities. In one of their fundraising events they shared the link to a Radiothon, with The objective of strengthening education in their communities. The directors of Centeno-USA call on other communities and individuals to share and join the work for the benefit of the people who need it most in their places of origin.
Directive
Chema Ventura
Elia Gómez
Maribel Ventura
Pedro Ruiz, padre
Adriana Amaya
Fredy Ventura
Mercedes Benítez D.
Festivities
They remind the natives of the Centeno canton that the patron saint festivities take place in the month of February in honor of Santa Teresita. In one of their activities, the leaders of the Centeno-USA group collaborated to build a temple in the canton, a small community that does not even have a thousand inhabitants, and basically lives off agriculture.
Works
–They bought land to build a cemetery
–They also built a communal house
–They financed the placement of lights on the neighborhood's electric lighting poles
–They placed barrels so that people do not get used to throwing garbage in the street
–They donated 30 wheelchairs for the municipality.
–Likewise, they donated a batch of computers
–They finance some scholarships for higher education. One of the scholarship recipients has already graduated as a civil engineer.
We are part of the founders of COTSA
The Centeno-USA Board is proud to be one of the founders of the Salvadoran American Transnational Communities (COTSA), where fifteen organized groups come together to share their experiences and funds collected in different activities throughout the year.
The Centeno community was in mourning on November 4 when one of its members, José Adán Cedillos Rodríguez, died in the city of Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. Cedillos Rodríguez was a member who was always willing to collaborate in the group's charitable activities.
