El Salvador
The Americas
Capital San Salvador
Population 7.1 million
Life Expectancy 72.33
Access to clean water 84%
Adult Literacy 80.2%
Under five mortality 21.52 per 1,000 live births
GDP per head (US$ PPP) $6,200
Building a “Big Apple” in the slums of San Salvador
Transformed shanty-town will soon provide water, electricity, private toilets and new livelihoods to families living in extreme poverty on the edge of El Salvador’s capital.
Our Joint Programmes
Protecting children: towards a coordinated food security and nutritional programme for El SalvadorA sharp decline in remittances augmented by rising food and fuel prices has spiked poverty and malnutrition levels in El Salvador.In 2008, extreme poverty rose by 6.5% and 87% of poor households reduced food consumption levels. El Salvador’s important gains toward fulfilling the MDGs, in areas like hunger and poverty reduction (MDG 1), and improved infant mortality rates (MDG 4) are seriously threatened.
Urban and Productive Integrated Sustainable Settlements El SalvadorThis project is geared towards inclusive growth, integrating in strategic partnership the private/public sectors, Civil Society Organizations and the urban poor population of San Salvador, generating decent work within a sustainable environment.
Building social capital to reduce violence: A new transition in El SalvadorEl Salvador has the highest violence rates in all of Latin America. It has a homicide rate of over 68.7 per 100,000 inhabitants and alarming rates of other expressions of violence. High violence rates obstruct for the consolidation of democratic government, human development, and the achievement of the MDGs.
STORIES
Building a “Big Apple” in the slums of San Salvador
Transformed shanty-town will soon provide water, electricity, private toilets and new livelihoods to families living in extreme poverty on the edge of El Salvador’s capital.
