Location Cerro de Nubes, Municipio de Corinto, Departamento de Morazán, El Salvador Community Description Cerro de Nubes (Hill of Clouds) is a small subsection (a caserio) of the larger pueblo of Corinto, in the Department of Morazán, near the border of Honduras. The community has approximately 300 residents in 63 homes, sprawled out over a […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Daniel Hinkle. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to complete a modern restroom facility with four flush toilettes at the La Tejera Public School. We are posting Daniel’s final report in its entirety below, as it […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Mark Gruen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to dig a well and construct a holding tank. Mark reports: All told, the work to dig the well took 6 weeks work, two men a day digging. […]
Location Canton El Coco, Municipio Chalchuapa, Departmento Santa Ana, El Salvador Community Description Area Natural Protegida La Magdalena is a 1,900-acre national forest reserve in western El Salvador consisting primarily of Volcano El Chingo and forming a part of the Salvadoran border with Guatemala. It is home to 119 species of trees, 158 types of […]
Location Caserio La Joya, Canton Las Marias, Municipio Nueva Esparta, Departamento La Uniòn, El Salvador Community Description La Joya is a small farming community in Canton Las Marias, in the municipality of Nueva Esparta, at the top of one of the tallest mountains in the northeast part of the country. Nearly all of the people […]
Location La Tejera, Casa Blanca, Perquín, Morazán, El Salvador Community Description La Tejera is located within the municipality of Perquín, Morazán in Northeast El Salvador. The community is made up of approximately 80 working-class families. Most of them generate income through agriculture, logging or working as auto mechanics. Many in the community receive remittances from […]
Location Las Mercedes, Tacuba, Ahuachapán, El Salvador Community Description Las Mercedes is a rural village on the northern border of Parque Nacional El Imposible in western El Salvador in the department of Ahuachapán. Nearly 500 people live in the community which is remotely located on a mountain range that borders the 3,800-hectare nature preserve. Despite […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rhett Williams. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. Rhett reports: The potable water and bathroom project in the Parish Medical Clinic “Immaculate Conception” in the municipality of San Pedro Nonualco, department of La Paz, El Salvador has been completed. […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Adam Keough. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. Adam reports: Our project was to install a new pump in an existing well that would provide water for the local school. First we removed an old hand pump that had […]
The municipality of Corinto, a community of 17,000, is located in the highlands in the northeast corner of the department of Morazán, in the northeast of El Salvador. Corinto borders Honduras, the department of La Unión, and the municipalities of Cacaopera and Joateca. Corinto is a secluded community, removed from nearby cities by mountains and […]