El Salvador

27 February 2013

El Salvador: Vigilance and education to combat dengue in communities

The seriousness of dengue fever is often underestimated, but each year thousands of people are killed, and millions more are at risk from this disease.
Taking measures to prevent the spread of mosquitoes that transmits dengue
1 October 2012

Taking measures to prevent the spread of mosquitoes that transmits dengue

The Salvadorean Red Cross Society is playing a vital role in the prevention of dengue as part of a coalition set up by the government in response to an increases of...
Reference Centre for Institutional Disaster Preparedness in El Salvador
1 August 2012

Reference Centre for Institutional Disaster Preparedness in El Salvador

This month marks the seventh anniversary of the Reference Centre for Institutional Disaster Preparedness (CREPD), established at the Salvadorean Red Cross Society in...
Floods in El Salvador: We never thought this would happen to us
21 October 2011

Floods in El Salvador: We never thought this would happen to us

On Saturday night, following heavy rain, cerro La Joyita in Arce City, in La Libertad, could no longer stand the mass of water and finally gave in causing a ...
10 November 2009

El Salvador – Red Cross attempts to reach isolated communities

Three days after severe flooding devastated five departments in central El Salvador, the Salvadorean Red Cross (SRC) continues to search for and rescue survivors, ...
9 November 2009

Central America: Red Cross responds to floods caused by Ida

The torrential rains which Hurricane Ida left in its wake have caused rivers to burst their banks in El Salvador, leading to severe flooding, landslides and heavy ...
28 November 2008

El Salvador: raising HIV awareness among taxi drivers

Javier is a 13-year-old boy who lives with his mother Gladys, who owns a coffee shop at Acomet, a taxi cooperative in San Salvador, capital of El Salvador.
9 April 2008

Red Cross helps communities prepare for future disasters in El Salvador

Fifty-nine year old Jesús Antonio Alas Laíne, a community leader and long time resident of El Mozote, a small fishing village on the southern coast of El Salvador, ...
12 October 2005

Red Cross volunteers save a girl from the rubble

After four hours of continuous rain and unstable ground conditions, volunteers from the El Salvador Red Cross successfully managed to rescue Jennifer Vanessa Cerna, ...
El Salvador volunteer offers example worth following
25 April 2003

El Salvador volunteer offers example worth following

Hortensia lives in Monterrey, a small village in north-western El Salvador.
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