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El Salvador Earthquake Photo Library
February 2001
These images of the aftermath of the earthquake that struck El Salvador and neighboring countries were taken in February, 2001. They can be reproduced by members of the ACT network provided they are credited "Paul Jeffrey/ACT". Others must obtain permission. Clicking any photo will take you to a high resolution image.
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapán, helps dig
the foundations for a new home. His family's house was destroyed in the January earthquake. For now, the family lives in the temporary shelter behind him. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance here and in hundreds of
rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
Cleaning the rubble out of what's left of a
house in Santa Elena, Usulután.
A man in Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, works on a temporary shelter to replace his family's home that was destroyed in the January 13 quake.
A soldier helps unload emergency relief supplies in San
Augustín, Usulután. El Salvador's military, long plagued by a reputation for brutality and repression, is - in some places - using the emergency to demonstrate a new commitment to peaceful activities.
A man in Nueva Guadalupe, a poor neighborhood of Ozatlán, Usulután, works
to build a temporary shelter for his family, following the destruction of their old house in January's earthquake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Nueva Guadalupe and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country.
In San Augustín, Usulután, people work to recover what they can from the wreckage of their home.
In Santa Elena, Usulután, a boy examines a Bible he found in the rubble of a house that collapsed during January's earthquake.
A young girl, left homeless by January's quake, paints a picture of her dreams in an art therapy group inside a shelter for hundred of families in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. ACT partners have provided emergency relief supplies, as well as assistance and training with post-traumatic shock syndrome, in several locations around the country.
In Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, a girl studies despite having her school classes canceled in the wake of January's quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency
relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages
throughout the ravaged country.
In Matazano, a remote village in Sonsonate, a girl studies despite having her school classes canceled in the wake of January's quake. ACT partners in El Salvador have provided emergency relief assistance in Matazano and hundreds of other rural villages throughout the ravaged country.