In memory of the 4 Churchwomen, we seek to plant fruit trees around schools in El Salvador. The healthy snacks they provide to low income children will help carry on the work and memory of these 4 brave women. Click here: your gift of $10 will plant a tree in their memory.

On the night of December 2, 1980, Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, of the Maryknoll order, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and layworker Jean Donovan, who were working as missionaries in El Salvador, were abducted, interrogated, abused, and murdered for their work with the Salvadoran poor.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of their martyrdom. These women devoted their lives to serve those in greatest need with family education programs for the poor and distributing food and medical supplies for the homeless and dispossessed.

The Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America will plant fruit trees in memory of these extraordinary women. The fruit trees will be sowed in groves around schools in El Salvador's Bajo Lempa region. In communities where most kids go to school hungry, their fruit will serve as one of the main sources of healthy snacks for children, who the missionaries cherished tremendously.

Your gift of $10 will plant a tree in your name or the name of someone you designate.