Cosmetology School

Cosmetology School

"You’re someone special too"

Founded in 2018, consists in a cosmetology school that is located within an ISNA foster care center (government institution that oversees the wellbeing of children in El Salvador) called “Hogar del Niño San Vicente de Paul” (SVDP). With the help of ISNA and the Head Nun and Director Leticia Abarca Chinchilla we were able to get a small space which turned out to be the classroom and hair salon for this new project. We started out with a shell and we did the built out for the hair salon we stepped on by faith because at the time we really didn’t have the money for it.

But God is always good and with the help of churches, organization and private donors we were able to get the equipment and supplies needed to make this place fully functional hair salon. This was all inspired by Kurt’s mother Valia Ackermann and her Hair Salon in Hampton, Virginia named “You’re someone special”, hence the name. We’d like to thank Eduardo Franco, a famous hair stylist in El Salvador, who’s been sponsoring a full-time teacher for the cosmetology school and even donates shampoo and hair products as well which helps us to keep it running.

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There are more than one hundred and seventy-five children in this center, ranging from babies all the way up to seventeen-year-old teens and this is one of the few foster care centers that has teen moms as part of the children they support and help. Most of these young women are not able to continue with their studies due to the lack of guidance and support, they are usually taught on how to take care of babies, how to clean, how to cook, how to change diapers, etcetera, but not really something they can use to get through in life.  Since this is a center managed by the Government of El Salvador and in most cases, they disregard completely the need for these young women to have an education. So, while visiting this center Kurt noticed their need and he listened to God’s calling in his life which is to restore hope in others. The main goal for the cosmetology school is to offer children basic training in hair and nails, and if they like it then they can use it in their future to make a living.

 

How does it work?

“You’re someone special too” Hair and Nail School teaches 6 different foster care centers, they come in groups from each center, most of the young ladies and boys that come to this project are referred by their own director at each center. They receive classes throughout the week in 8 different classes, depending on the level of practice they have. They start from the very basics from how to use a hairdryer, wash hair, cut hair to a lot more.

We have plans to make this project bigger, and we have high hopes that God will allow us bring it to a level that can make young people aging out of the foster care system become more independent by learning new occupations like this and to learn new things and to widen their opportunities.

Check out our projects!

Bible Study

Also known as CBS program short for "Community Bible Studies" through this program we've been able to share the gospel in many different orphanages both government and private ones. We visit them at least once a week, teaching them about the love and grace of Jesus. We also include our transition houses in this program, we have a weekly devotional with all of them on Sundays.

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Centers we minister in

We work with the main orphanages in El Salvador, like CISNA, San Martin (Special Needs), San Vicente de Paul, Guirola and many more centers, both public and private. We also minister in juvenile prisons. We share the word of God with them, we do fun activities, sometimes we even get to take them out on a fun trip to places like the beach, bowling, movies or whatever we know they will like.

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Transition Homes

The project began in 2012, as one of the projects for Sus Hijos / His Children Foundation, supporting young adults and teenagers from both public and private children protection centers across El Salvador. When these teenagers turn eighteen, they are required to leave the centers where they have been most of their lives, forcing them into independence and a reality very different from what they are used to.

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House Building Program

The main objective of the project is to provide a wood House or a concrete House for a family at risk of separating; when the government determines that a family doesn't meet the minimum criteria for good living conditions for the Child, he or she is considered to be taken away from their family to live in the orphanages.
That's when we come in.
We build house thanks to the donations we receive from our donors, which God has always used to bless these lives.

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Feeding the Homeless

It is our desire to see this ministry nourish not only the physical needs, but the spiritual needs of those who are often forgotten. Many of these are children who have run away or have reached the limit age to remain in the government centers and didn’t have elsewhere to go.
We feed around 200 people in a run, we feed everyone on the streets: prostitutes, children, drunk and addicts. We don’t hold back, you shouldn’t either.

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Cosmetology School

The cosmetology school project, born in the heart of our founder, was named to honor his mother's salon: “You're someone special” in Hampton, Virginia and was named after the phrase she always used when evangelizing.
This project teaches 6 different foster care centers. They receive classes throughout the week in 8 different classes, depending on the level of practice they have. They start from the very basics from how to use a hairdryer, wash hair, cut hair to a lot more.

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Mission Trips

Come serve with us, we work for the Lord, we work for His Children. We take short- and long-term missioners, sometimes is a team from a Church, School or just a group of friends. You’ll serve along Sus Hijos / His Children Foundation staff and help us with the orphans, communities and our programs in El Salvador. We can help you come and set up a budget or maybe even help you on a fundraiser for your mission trip.

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Events

Our foundation prepares different events during the whole year, one day we would be making animal balloons with the kids or another day we would be all dressing up to celebrate a special moment. While most of these events are for the orphans in the centers, we would also have special celebrations for specific times of the year where we would have the States Diner restaurant prepare something special for its customers.

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Culinary Program

This is our biggest program so far, is a culinary school which includes States Diner restaurant, States Bakes Bakery, States Cafe Cafeteria that allow us to provide a job and most of the times a first job experience for these young boys and girls between the ages of 18 to 22 at risk who aged out of ISNA care (government institution) that are interested in culinary skills.

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Bible Study
Centers we minister in
Transition Homes
House Building
Feeding the Homeless
Cosmetology School
Mission Trips
Events
Culinary Program

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