El Salvador
Poverty characterizes the lives of many people in El Salvador, especially that of young adultsnwho cannot find jobs or places at university and have few prospects. They often only have a choice, Gangstoclosessfromtohiking or under poor conditions to work. With our local Partner organization CORDES support we They help them set up income-generating initiatives and offer financial start-up support.
Voices on site
José Amilcar Rodriguez Lopez
28 years
The civil war in El Salvador ended in 1992, but the gap between rich and poor remains huge.ss. In the department Chalatenangoone of the regions most affected by the conflict, the poverty rate is over 30%. Families live from agriculture, fishing and “remittances” (private remittances from abroad). The region suffers from high unemployment and violence. There are hardly any prospects for young people in particular – almost a third of them neither attend school nor have training or work.
The aim is to young adults to support young adults in developing and successfully implementing their own income-generating initiatives to enable them to escape poverty.
In the past project phase were able to 232 young adultsstart their own income initiative. They have an average monthly income of 330 US dollars.
CORDES (Fundación for la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Comunal de El Salvador) has been since 1988 for sustainable development in rural areas. terre des hommes switzerland supports the organization since 2002.