Human Rights for Children
APRODEHNI
El Salvador

EPIC first worked with APRODENI (Association for the Promotion of Human Rights for the Children of El Salvador) in 2000 with a grant related to rebuilding civil society in a post-civil war country.  APRODENI's mandate is working with the poorest children, and the poor usually live in the areas most vulnerable  for disasters. EPIC again teamed up with APRODENI after 2 major earthquakes, working in housing reconstruction and the provision of new wells for those that now had salt water.

After Hurricane Stan in 2005 and again in 2007 after Hurricane Felix, EPIC responded through APRODENI with relief supplies. Until the water subsided after Hurricane Felix,  EPIC provided 2 weeks worth of food and soap for 90 families in the communities of Rio Viejo and Los Angeles. According to APRODENI's very exact records, this included 206 adults, 155 girls and 125 boys, for a total of 485 persons.