At the end of September, Hurricane Isidore swept through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico leaving destruction and loss of lives in its wake. Hurricane Isidore brought heavy rains that severely affected Central America and particularly the southern coast of El Salvador where approximately 3,000 poor families that depend on agriculture, fishing, arts and crafts, and small businesses were affected.

The Paz River in the municipality of Cara Sucia overflowed its banks and inundated the villages of El Castaño and Garita Palmera. The Disaster Prevention Centre - built during the rehabilitation phase of Hurricane Mitch and currently administered by the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod, the Lutheran World Federation and the board of the inter-community organization in Cara Sucia - activated its early warning mechanism and 200 persons were evacuated and sheltered in the Centre. Using their own resources the three organisations provided relief assistance to the affected population in the crisis phase.

The Salvadoran Lutheran Synod, which has been working with the communities of Cara Sucia since the Hurricane Mitch disaster, is proposing post-crisis assistance to the affected population through:

• Inputs and technical assistance for the recovery of 400 manzanas of corn
• Inputs and technical assistance for the recovery of 40 poultry farms
• Health campaigns and medicines to prevent waterborne diseases
• Risk management training

The other ACT members in El Salvador do not intend to respond to this emergency as they do not have activities in the affected area. They have been informed through the ACT co-ordination mechanism and they fully endorse this proposal.

Project Completion Date:

31 May 2003

Total Appeal Target(s): 105,445

Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd.: 14,240

Balance Requested from ACT Network: 91,205

Signed by:
Thor-Arne Prois, ACT Director
Geneviève Jacques, Director, Cluster on Relations, World Council of Churches
Robert Granke, Director, Department for World Service, Lutheran World Federation

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