The parish of
Teotepeque serves
some 30,000 people
in 25 different
communities of El
Salvador.
Teotepeque serves
some 30,000 people
in 25 different
communities of El
Salvador.
Nearly every home in the community of Matazano was
destroyed in the January 13 earthquake. The parish of
Teotepeque has built an an entire housing development
to serve the needs of these earthquake victims.
Each house, costing $2,000 has louvered windows,
bars for security over the windows, metal doors with
locks, cement floors and zinc roofs (cooler than
galvanized steel) a latrine and reinforced walls built to
withstand the next earthquake.
They may not seem like much by U.S. standards, but
these houses are far better than the homes they
occupied before the earthquake.
Occupants have helped by donating work hours to the
project, and each family will pay 10% of the cost of the
house over the next two years.
destroyed in the January 13 earthquake. The parish of
Teotepeque has built an an entire housing development
to serve the needs of these earthquake victims.
Each house, costing $2,000 has louvered windows,
bars for security over the windows, metal doors with
locks, cement floors and zinc roofs (cooler than
galvanized steel) a latrine and reinforced walls built to
withstand the next earthquake.
They may not seem like much by U.S. standards, but
these houses are far better than the homes they
occupied before the earthquake.
Occupants have helped by donating work hours to the
project, and each family will pay 10% of the cost of the
house over the next two years.
| Earthquake Strikes January 13, 2000 |
| 7,400 people, or one quarter of the population of our parish, experienced significant loss from the earthquakes of 2000, and have looked to the parish for assistance. |
| John Finkler surveys the warehouse in Cleveland where he received, organized, boxed and loaded some 78,000 pounds of donations for transport by sea to the quake victims in El Salvador. |
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