El Sitio Cenisero, located in the northern part of El Salvador, is a small town with about 65 families and 275 people on the shores of a large man made lake.  The majority of the inhabitants of El Sitio are the remnants of a town, called Copopayo that was destroyed in 1983 during the government repression from 1980 to 1992. After the massacre of the people of Copopayo by government troops, the survivors fled to the U.N. refugee camps in Honduras. They returned shortly before the Peace Accords in 1992.

These massacre survivors were given a little land and money to start over after the war ended. The land quality was poor, but they built the town of El Sitio from scratch. Besides their homes, they built a school, a library, a clinic, and a beautiful church, just completed 2 years ago. The land only supports corn, a few other meager crops, and some livestock. St. Catherine of Siena and others have helped support various projects to improve the town and their lives, especially with educating the small children. The people of El Sitio fully realize the hope for the future lies in the education of their children, but they do not have the means to provide any of their children with a college education. They depend entirely on the generosity of others to provide this valuable gift.