Organization: Habitat for Humanity – El Salvador
Website: https://www.habitat.org/where-we-build/el-salvador
Contact: Bob Lempp
Email: blempp@gmail.com
Campus: Apex
AUMC volunteers travel to El Salvador to build homes with Volunteers in Missions or Habitat for Humanity El Salvador. Those on the mission work as part of an international team to help build homes for the poor. El Salvador is far away, but it is a place of great poverty and great need. A typical income is $4 per day. Many jobs can be seasonal and there is a great lack of opportunity. Between 1980 and 1992, a civil war killed 60,000 people; left thousands of children orphaned and further hurt the fragile economy. The economic conditions are further complicated by natural disasters. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch caused extensive flood damage and in 2001, a series of devastating earthquakes caused widespread destruction of housing. Right now, there is a need for 500,000 homes.