Cesár Mendoza, age 2, lives in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, and helps dig out the ruins of what was once his family's house, before the January earthquake knocked it to the ground. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
Maria Rivas, 55, a resident of Ozatlán, Usulután, cleans rubble from what was her home before a January earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
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A young girl, left homeless by January's quake, paints a picture of her dreams in an art therapy group inside a shelter for hundred of families in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. ACT partners have provided assistance and training about post-traumatic shock syndrome in several locations around the country. |
A woman walks through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
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In San Augustín, Usulután, girls left homeless by the quake are living in tents in the village's central plaza. Here they play with dolls they received as part of a relief shipment. |
Omar Vasquez, 11, of San Augustín, Usulután, carries off a door that his father has recovered from the wreckage of their home. |
Sandra Pablo, 4, of Nueva Guadalupe, a poor neighborhood of Ozatlán, Usulután, left homeless by the January quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Nueva Guadalupe and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
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A hillside above the Las Colinas neighborhood of Santa Tecla gave way during the January 13 quake, burying more than 600 houses below, killing hundreds of people. Environmentalists and city officials had long resisted the plans of developers to build on the hillside, claiming that deforestation was weakening the soil and endangering those living below. |
In San Augustín, Usulután, people work to recover what they can from the wreckage of their home.
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In Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, a girl studies despite having her school classes canceled in the wake of January's quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
Maria Elvira, of Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, comforts her daughter after one of hundreds of aftershocks that have rattled the country ever since the January 13 quake that destroyed their house. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps his father dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
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A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
In a soccer stadium where hundreds of homeless families are living in Santa Tecla, this boy finds escape from the tensions in a game of marbles. ACT partners have provided assistance and training on post-traumatic shock syndrome in several locations around the country. |
In San Augustín, Usulután, 90 percent of the buildings collapsed during January's earthquake, including the community's Catholic church and this evangelical church.
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Cleaning the rubble out of what's left of a house in Santa Elena, Usulután.
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A soldier helps unload emergency relief supplies in San Augustín, Usulután. El Salvador's military, long plagued by a reputation for brutality and repression, is - in some places - using the emergency to demonstrate a new commitment to peaceful activities. |
The streets of Santa Elena, Usulután, are more than two meters deep in rubble in many places.
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Residents of Santa Elena, Usulután, work to clean up the rubble left from January's earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A soldier helps tear down damaged housing in Santa Elena, Usulután. El Salvador's military, long plagued by a reputation for brutality and repression, is - in some places - using the emergency to demonstrate a new commitment to peaceful activities. |
Salvadoran soldiers helps pull down damaged housing in Santa Elena, Usulután. El Salvador's military, long plagued by a reputation for brutality and repression, is - in some places - using the emergency to demonstrate a new commitment to peaceful activities. |
A woman walks through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
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Maria Rivas, 55, a resident of Ozatlán, Usulután, cleans rubble from what was her home before a January earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in this village. |
Marta Alicia Magaña (right), director of operations for the Lutheran World Federation in the province of Sonsonate, talks with Maria Elvira, a resident of the remote village of Matazano. The LWF is one of several ACT partners in El Salvador providing relief in hundreds of villages throughout the quake-ravaged country. |
Marta Alicia Magaña (right), director of operations for the Lutheran World Federation in the province of Sonsonate, talks with a women in the remote village of Matazano. The LWF is one of several ACT partners in El Salvador providing relief in hundreds of villages throughout the quake-ravaged country. |
A child in Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate province, gets comfort from her mother after one of hundreds of aftershocks that have rattled the country ever since the January 13 quake that destroyed many of the houses in this community.
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A boy left homeless by January's quake takes food back to his family's tent in a shelter for hundred of families in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. ACT partners have provided emergency relief supplies, as well as assistance and training with post-traumatic shock syndrome, in several locations around the country. |
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps his father dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps his father dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A young girl, left homeless by January's quake, paints a picture of her dreams in an art therapy group inside a shelter for hundred of families in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. ACT partners have provided emergency relief supplies, as well as assistance and training with post-traumatic shock syndrome, in several locations around the country.
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A man in Nueva Guadalupe, a poor neighborhood of Ozatlán, Usulután, works to build a temporary shelter for his family, following the destruction of their old house in January's earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Nueva Guadalupe and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
In Santa Elena, Usulután, a boy examines a bible he found in the rubble of a house that collapsed during January's earthquake.
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A man in Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, works on a temporary shelter to replace his family's home that was destroyed in the January 13 quake. |
In Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, a girl studies despite having her school classes canceled in the wake of January's quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
In Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, a girl studies despite having her school classes canceled in the wake of January's quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
Cesár Mendoza, age 2, of Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig out the ruins of what was once his family's house, before the January earthquake knocked it to the ground. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
Cesár Mendoza, age 2, of Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig out the ruins of what was once his family's house, before the January earthquake knocked it to the ground. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A father and son set off to work clearing rubble in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
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Children left homeless by January's quake in Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate.
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Maria Elvira and her family were left homeless by January's quake in Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A young boy, left homeless by January's quake, paints a picture of her dreams in an art therapy group inside a shelter for hundred of families in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. ACT partners have provided assistance and training with post-traumatic shock syndrome in several locations around the country. |
A woman left homeless in San Augustín, Usulután, still lives - and cooks - in the open air.
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The remains of a house in San Augustín, Usulután. About 90 percent of the houses in this village were destroyed by the January 13 quake.
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Rubble lies as much as two meters deep in the streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake. |
Women walk through the rubble-filled streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake.
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Rubble lies as much as two meters deep in the streets of Santa Elena, a village in Usulután province where ACT partners have helped families left homeless by January's quake. |
Cesár Mendoza, age 2, of Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig out the ruins of what was once his family's house, before the January earthquake knocked it to the ground. His mother, Maria del Carmen Santos, looks on. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in hundreds of rural villages throughout the ravaged country. |
A soccer stadium hosts hundreds of homeless families in Santa Tecla. Since the January 13 quake ravaged El Salvador, ACT partners have provided food, emergency shelter, clothing, and other relief assistance, including assistance and training on post-traumatic shock syndrome, in hundreds of locations around the country.
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Many believe San Salvador still faces "the big one," in that this year's quakes have been centered elsewhere in the country. The capital, ravaged by killer quakes 14 times in 300 years, has recently suffered a major quake every 20 years or so. The last big quake was in 1986. This file photo of San Salvador in 1986 is by Paul Jeffrey. |
