About Tremedal Concerts

Welcome to the web site for Tremedal Concerts and the Watertown - El Salvador Sister City Project. Please revisit frequently. We have great plans to share news and photographs.

Tremedal Concerts is a benefit for the Watertown - El Salvador Sister City Project. Proceeds after expenses support our sister community in El Salvador, Nueva Esperanza, and regional projects in Chalatenango Province. The original relationship was with a neighboring community called Tremedal. The community was repopulated in 1989, mainly by people who returned from refugee camps in Honduras, where some had lived for as long as 8 years during the civil war.

After the war, a significant number of the residents established a brand new community, whose name in English means New Hope. We have retained the original name for our coffeehouse and concerts. This is our 11th season and we are still enthusiastically bringing great music, delicious refreshments, and unique Salvadoran crafts to the local community.

Our main ongoing support project is to cover education costs for all children in the community. This includes books, uniforms, school supplies, tuition, and transportation costs when necessary. In addition to elementary and secondary school students, we are sponsoring a university education for a young woman who plans to be a teacher.

Members of our group visit the community as often as possible, usually during the summer. When you revisit our Web site in the future, we will provide updates and include photographs from the community.

Other projects we have supported in the past include truck repairs, medical supplies, doors and windows for the new homes for each family, regional organizing for youth, and disaster relief. We recently contributed $400 for earthquake relief in El Salvador where most needed. Fortunately, our community was not affected.

Our project is one of many such sister relationships nationwide. For more information about our national organization and current efforts to support the People of El Salvador, please visit the web site of the US-El Salvador Sister Cities National Office.

Please call Dean Stevens at 617 869-3014 if you would like more information on either concerts or the Watertown-El Salvador Sister City project. Please include name, address, phone number, and Email address.