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Fotógrafo del Dept de Prensa Comandos de Salvamento

All For One and One For All

A child enjoys a piece of fresh bread-"pan frances".

A refugee child in Ilopango hugs his bread that was handed out by Comandos de Salvamento and donated by the corporation MOLSA. Some three hundred people are receiving portions of bread donated by Molinos of El Salvador. Thousands of Salvadoran have found themselves without water, food, or shelter.

You can collaborate with Comandos de Salvamento by sending economic support, food and clothing. Please call (503) 22211310 or stop by our main base at 16 Av. Norte and 9a Calle Oriente in San Salvador.  Those outside El Salvador can donate via paypal with the buttons on the right.

Comando Reyes hands out donated bread to patiently waiting child refugees.

Recovery Efforts of the Missing + Help

Rescate de Victimas:Tormenta Ida El Salvador

CDS and military personnel carry supplies and water for flood refugees and survivors in San Emigdio and San Miguel Tepezontes.  These are small villages that have remained cut off from communication and by land in the central part of Cuscatlán.  The meals and water were donated by a private corporation.  The Salvadoran Government has declared a state of “Calamity and Disaster” due the flooding rains that happened this last weekend.

Donations are needed to help the families of the flood and refugees in shelters. Donations can be made via secure server with paypal by clicking the Donate button on the right. Your name will immediately appear on this site giving credit for the donation.

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Map Credit: BBC

CDS y Fuerza Aerea Salvadoreño

Search and Recovery efforts: CDS work on the roof of a flooded home in the town of Verapaz searching for the bodies of victims from flooding this last weekend.  According to the Salvadoran Government, there have been 140 confirmed deaths and 60 missing and disappeared. The Comandos will continue search and recovery efforts under permission from governmental authorities.

Photos and Story by Central Base Journalist Francisco Campos