Changes after the Peace Accords
Esperanza analyzes the changes she saw in El Salvador following the Peace Accords.
Education
Childhood
Edith describes her childhood and how household labor was divided among family members.
Community-trained Teachers
Obdulio describes the war left Arcatao without priests, and community-trained teachers (called “popular teachers”) began to emerge around 1987.
Early Political Participation
Alberto describes his early days of political participation as a student and explains how the National Guard used blacklists as repression intensified.
Lack of Access to Education
Adán remembers the financial hardship experienced by his family when he was a child and which kept him from attending school.
Life in the Mesa Grande Refugee Camp
Élida explains how people were organized inside the Mesa Grande refugee camp in Honduras and describes her return to Arcatao.
Persecution by the National Guard
Edwin relates how his family was persecuted by the National Guard, which led him and his younger brother to leave their school and home.
The National Guard Shoots at Students
Ramón tells how he and his sisters were attacked by the National Guard and paramilitaries while returning home from school.