DGH Photos from El Salvador

El Salvador Photos

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Volunteer community midwives learn neonatal resuscitation from DGH's volunteer pediatrician. Almost all births in the Morazan are attended only by midwives.

The interior of a typical home in rural Morazan. Electricity, safe water, substantial building materials, and latrines are unavailable to most families. Note the earth floor, open walls that let in rain and wind, and the hammocks for sleeping.

The MDS president and a health promoter conduct an environmental health class for the community of Ocotillo. (MDS was DGH's partner organization in El Salvador between 1995 and 2004.)

The community educational clinic-school in El Tablon. Community health promoters with MDS backup see an average of 30 patients each Monday through Friday. The clinic-school has been in operation since 1993.

Prior to construction of the clinic-school, MDS doctors and health promoters did open-air consults.

MDS student volunteer from Albert Einstein College of Medicine confers with a patient in Babilonia. He is now a physician resident in emergency medicine and a DGH board member.

Six open-air kindergartens serve more than 150 children from age two to six. The children receive a hot lunch each day. The food is provided by the United Nations World Food Program through the Ministry of Health with administration by MDS. The children's mothers take turns cooking and serving the lunches. Prior to the initiation of the kindergarten program in this community, 72% of the children were malnourished.
An ongoing construction program will provide more substantial facilities.

March 1995: Work begins on the foundation for the kindergarten in La Preza, the first of six planned facilities. Construction is nearing completion on two; DGH is seeking funding for the other four.

Volunteer community-based rehabilitation promoters learn about eye exams and ailments on the porch at the El Tablon training center.

Concrete fixtures are transported to waiting latrine sites. MDS and MDM have provided more than 1000 latrines since 1992. Lack of adequate latrines and good water predisposes a population to parasites, cholera, and other causes of diarrhea and dehydration, the number two killer of children in the region.

A volunteer mental health promoter and members of the community discuss the community's programs in a participatory investigation program which ensures local involvement in planning and decision making.

A young cerebral palsy patient receives physical therapy in her home. The equipment and personnel services are provided by the Community Based Rehabilitation Program.

Under the direction of an MDS doctor, health promoters practice suturing wounds. The meat used in the exercise later provided a meal for local residents.

Two future health promoters.

Prior to the construction of the bridge, two Salvadoran medical student volunteers wade across the Rio Chiquito. Five people drowned crossing this river in 1994. Two were children, 8 and 10 years old. Many children had to cross the river to attend school. The new concrete bridge removed this hazard.

To expand the box-office appeal, male ex-FMLN combatants and other men played the parts of women in a theater production promoting good nutrition and breast feeding. In an area all but devoid of television, MDS productions such as this not only accomplish their educational goal, but provide entertainment for the community.

	Volunteer community midwives learn neonatal resuscitation from DGH's volunteer pediatrician. Almost all births in the Morazan are attended only by midwives.
	The interior of a typical home in rural Morazan. Electricity, safe water, substantial building materials, and latrines are unavailable to most families. Note the earth floor, open walls that let in rain and wind, and the hammocks for sleeping.
	The MDS president and a health promoter conduct an environmental health class for the community of Ocotillo. (MDS was DGH's partner organization in El Salvador between 1995 and 2004.)
	The community educational clinic-school in El Tablon. Community health promoters with MDS backup see an average of 30 patients each Monday through Friday. The clinic-school has been in operation since 1993.
	Prior to construction of the clinic-school, MDS doctors and health promoters did open-air consults.
	MDS student volunteer from Albert Einstein College of Medicine confers with a patient in Babilonia. He is now a physician resident in emergency medicine and a DGH board member.
	Six open-air kindergartens serve more than 150 children from age two to six. The children receive a hot lunch each day. The food is provided by the United Nations World Food Program through the Ministry of Health with administration by MDS. The children's mothers take turns cooking and serving the lunches. Prior to the initiation of the kindergarten program in this community, 72% of the children were malnourished. An ongoing construction program will provide more substantial facilities.
	March 1995: Work begins on the foundation for the kindergarten in La Preza, the first of six planned facilities. Construction is nearing completion on two; DGH is seeking funding for the other four.
	Volunteer community-based rehabilitation promoters learn about eye exams and ailments on the porch at the El Tablon training center.
	Concrete fixtures are transported to waiting latrine sites. MDS and MDM have provided more than 1000 latrines since 1992. Lack of adequate latrines and good water predisposes a population to parasites, cholera, and other causes of diarrhea and dehydration, the number two killer of children in the region.
	A volunteer mental health promoter and members of the community discuss the community's programs in a participatory investigation program which ensures local involvement in planning and decision making.
	A young cerebral palsy patient receives physical therapy in her home. The equipment and personnel services are provided by the Community Based Rehabilitation Program.
	Under the direction of an MDS doctor, health promoters practice suturing wounds. The meat used in the exercise later provided a meal for local residents.
	Two future health promoters.
	Prior to the construction of the bridge, two Salvadoran medical student volunteers wade across the Rio Chiquito. Five people drowned crossing this river in 1994. Two were children, 8 and 10 years old. Many children had to cross the river to attend school. The new concrete bridge removed this hazard.
	To expand the box-office appeal, male ex-FMLN combatants and other men played the parts of women in a theater production promoting good nutrition and breast feeding. In an area all but devoid of television, MDS productions such as this not only accomplish their educational goal, but provide entertainment for the community.