El Salvador
Total Projects: 180
Project Spending: $161,391
Central America’s smallest and most densely populated country, El Salvador is also home to one of the region’s sharpest economic divides with the population largely split between the rich who made their wealth from sugar and coffee and poor farmers who rely on subsistence agriculture. According to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), El Salvador's per capita income is the fifth lowest in the Western Hemisphere when adjusted to reflect the cost of living. The healthcare system is in a state of disarray with strikes and inadequate supplies of basic drugs and medical equipment undermining treatment. Hospital budgets are used to pay salaries with little left over for other costs. The infant mortality rate is 31 per 1,000 (1997) and the death rate for children under 5 remains high at 81 per 1,000. El Salvador has the lowest life expectancy at birth in Central America. Complicating this picture is a fragile education system. According to the IDB, only 1 out of 3 poor Salvadorans graduates high school. The country has sustained significant ecological damage and pollution is a major concern. Only 59 percent of the population has access to safe drinking water. Recent studies have shown that the Lempa River, the country's central source of potable water, is contaminated with dangerously high levels of mercury and other heavy metals. The nation is plagued by the Maras, murderous criminal gangs that have overrun the country. El Salvador has the second-highest number of homicides in the world, registering 69.2 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (NPR) and is one of the most dangerous nations not at war on the globe.
Discover Projects in El Salvador

Crochet Club

Building a better bakery

Making health more ecological and efficient

Clean Water and Infrastructure Training for Las Siete Estrellas

Bamboo Art x 2

Cooking up Empowerment

Community Recycling Center El Centro

The Search for Basic Luxuries in Soccer

Aprendiendo a Vivir Bien (Learning to Live Well)

Creative Day Camp - Having Fun While Learning

Born Ready for Technology: Computer Education for a Competitive Future

Acting for Change- Social Theatre in El Salvador

Community Cooking and Environmental Education in Ojos de Agua

Escuela de Verano (Summer School)

Computers for Centro Escolar El Pedernal

Panaderia El Jicaro

Be Well in San Miguel

Women's Healthy Lifestyles and Educational Workshops

Music for El Salvador: Sustaining Music in Los Quebrachos

Making Baking Make Cents- CBO

Panaderia El Hornito

Girls to Women

Recycled Artisan Workshops

The Kitchen Re-Up

Making Baking Make Cents

Youth Baking and Entrepreneurship Class

Leadership Workshops for Women-led Directiva of Caserio El Pedernal

ArteCafe

Artisanal Women of Pen?a Hueca

The Rolling Kitchen

Playing GREEN- Promoting Environmental Education Through Art and a Recycled Playground

Computer Education for the Future

Las Pilas Community Recycling Center

Wood Oven Baking For Alternative Income

Crocheting for Community

Pocket Change - Women's Small Business Sewing Initiativee

The Empowered Kitchen

Music Class

Marching Band for Independence C.E. Buenos Aires

Making Baking Make Cents!

Recycling Project Centro Escolar Canton de Centro

Huerto Escolar

Youth in Art and Action, Caring for Our Environment!

Global-Cultural Awareness Through Cooking and Volunteerism

Ecological Middle School Classroom

Bringing Fun to Jutiapa

Broadening Horizons

Sports Camp El Shiste

Change for Champs

Getting Girls Involved: Women's Leadership Workshops

Back To The Future/ Descubriendo el Pasado para Mejorar el Futuro

Podemos Lograr Todo (We can accomplish anything)

21st Century Classroom

Be active. Play hard. Feel good!

COED Youth Business Camp

Keeping Us Safe

Festival de la Juventud de Chinameca (Youth Festival of Chinameca)

Bashing Trash: Creating Recycling, Art and Environmental Awareness

Cooking with Culture: Around the World in Ten Mouthwatering Meals!

Love for La Montanita

Cleaning Up the Streets: Recycling Initiative in San Jose, Chalatenango

Smart Art: Art Classes & Public Art

Leadership in Motion: Dance and Youth Leadership Camp

The Joy of Learning (La Alegria de Aprender)

Women Artisans in San Dionisio

Protecting Titiguapa

Soccer for San Luis

Fish Sticks from Worm Pits

WYD Leadership Camp

Youth Soccer Tournament in Santa Paula

Arts and Crafts at the Rural Nutrition Center

Move Your Feet

Todo El Mundo en Monte Redondo

Around the World in 30 Days!

Music from the Mountaintop

The Musical Maracas of La Tejera

The Facts of Life

Computers for La Colonia

Jocoro Art Club

Creating Future Artists in Ereguayquin

Casas Saludables: Investing in Community Wellness

Project Pilas

Organic Vegetable & Chicken Farm

Granos Basicos por Salud Basica

Working Women Workshops

Facility Improvement of the El Tablon Children's Nursery

Youth Camp to Empower Leaders of Tomorrow

Developing Leaders Through Sport: Soccer in Las Pozas

Art in Action El Pital, Take Two!

Artistic Creations

Eco Art Camp for one fantastic group of Salvadoran kids!

Girls Softball Camp

Inspiring kids to do art and environmental projects in a rural Salvadoran school

Sowing Seeds to Grow Healthy Strong Kids

Girls Leading Our World Leadership Camp

Agua Corinteno

Aire Mejor, Vida Mejor

Learning the A's, Bee’s and C’s

Water, Clean and Natural

El Rebelde Chicken Project

Project Pilas

Health Madres Project

Artisanal Jams and Marmalades

Promover lo nuestro: La musica folklorica

Cool Learning Spaces

San Fernando Computer Labs

Health Committee for a Healthy Community

What's Impossible

Let's Dance

Youth Soccer Team

San Pedro Puxtla Girl's Soccer Team

Carpeta Tecnica de Centro Escolar el Alto del Aguacate

Sunsulaca Batucada

El Carmen Art Festival

Jovenes Creando el Cambio (Youth Making the Change)

Club Ambiental de La Cuchilla

Map for the Future

The World at our Fingertips: World Map Mural

Arte Poste de Nueva Esparta

Environmental Club Explorers

Tierra Linda: Una Semana del Medio Ambiente

Hands on Hammocks

Azacualpa's Children Enter the Worldwide Web

Building Community Leaders through Sports

Community Art Class and Mural Project

El Privilegio de Maria

Jovenes Emprendedores Aretesanos

Art in Action El Pital

Gran Jornada de Jugadoras Juveniles de Ciudad Dolores

Camp GLOW

GLOW: Girls Leading Our World

Centro Escolar el Rebelde World Map

Healthy Mind, Healthy Body

Art Classes

Guaymango Girls' Soccer Team

Viveros Escolares

World Map Project Canton Palacios

El Tizate Computer Laboratory

Futbolistas Fabulosas del Futuro

Youth Environmental Camp

Ceramics in San Francisco

La Vida es Arte

Osicala Cultural Excursion Month

Drawing Outside the Box

School Lombriculture Project

Mapa Mundial - Santa Rita

Girls Leading Through Softball

Start a Business-Start your Future

Kids Painting the Town!

Cultural Club El Salvador

Shampoo Corinteno and Computers

Center for Youth Development San Isidro

San Isidro Saturday Softball School

Genesis

Health and Sports for All Kids

Team Spirit

Developing Athletes, Forming Leaders: After-School Kids Soccer Program

Stars on the Right Track

Cacahuatalejo Art Camp and Festival

Teaching Life Lessons through Sports

Child Care Carrizal

Around the World Cuyuiscat

Pintando por un Sueño (Painting for a dream)

Care for the Environment, Care for Myself

Creative Computer Lab

Developing Healthy Youth Through Soccer

El Salvador Country Pride Mural

Hip Hop Workshop

Quetzalcoatl Education Initiative

Las Trancas Mural

Cipotes Creativos: Creative Kids Camp

Creative Micro-Businesses

La Ventana al Mundo

Mapamundi

Soccer Uniforms and Equipment

Festival de la Juventud

Camisas Que Chivo!!! (Shirts! How Cool!)

Amún Shéa: Let's Get Movin'

Recipes for Success
