Café con Leche

Café con Leche (coffee with milk) is a school founded in 1990 by Focolare member Marisol Jimenez to serve the children of the poverty-stricken neighborhood of Herrera in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The school serves more than 500 students, teaching everything from basic literacy to workplace skills. The students themselves work to support their school, with the boys producing woodcrafts and the girls making clothing, which are sold locally and in the United States. The Dominican government and the President of the Republic himself have contributed to the project.