A Country and People in Abject Poverty, No Safety Net, Little Hope The S.C.O.P.E. Foundation chooses to act and create something tangible, something concrete and lasting to offer hope to the children of El Salvador. The Santa Luisa School is a school of love and care in the midst of an environment of crushing poverty where the poorest of the poor are children. The children of Santa Luisa are given a safe, nurturing environment of values and a promise of a future. These photos show the abject poverty of where these children live. No safety net. No welfare. Total poverty.