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El Salvador

Celebration to inaugurate the handover of the property deeds for new houses in Rosales village, after the original houses had been destroyed by an earthquake. [Chris Bain]

Almost one-quarter of El Salvador’s six million population lives on less than $1 per day, and many families rely on money from relatives in the US

More than a decade after El Salvador’s civil war ended, many cases of torture, disappearances and massacres remain unresolved, making reconciliation hard to achieve.

High levels of unemployment and the privatisation of many public services such as health and education have contributed to economic hardship.

CAFOD spent £196,000 in EL Salvador in 2008

The country’s largest source of income now is remittances sent by migrant workers living in the USA. Meanwhile, El Salvador has to import much of the food it needs to feed its own population.

Flooding of homes is widespread across El Salvador following Hurricane Stan [Caritas El Salvador]

Key challenges

In the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts and hurricanes, agriculture is still struggling

Miguel Alonzo Macias, head of rural development at the Jesuit Development Service [CAFOD]

Faith as a declaration for justice

For development workers, Miguel Alonzo Macias and Edwin Novoa, faith and spirituality is central to their work and their belief that another world is possible

Marielos Torres, Central American University, El Salvador [Kate Stanworth]

Keeping the message alive

The Central American University (UCA) in San Salvador provides a focus for intellectual, moral and social action in support of the poorest sectors of society

Protecting Honduran farmers

Ketxu Amezua, CAFOD Programme Accompanier in El Salvador [Kate Stanworth]

New hope in El Salvador

Published on 30/07/2003, last updated on 19/08/2008

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