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Salvadorans to help with gang truce in Honduras
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) -- Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the ...
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Mediators who helped arrange El Salvador gang truce will work on similar deal in Honduras
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 per cent say they will help Honduras gangs do the same. Monsignor Fabio Colindres and former guerrilla fighter Raul Mijango say they will work with gang leaders and the Organization of American States to secure a truce with the government of Honduras, which is often ...
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El Salvadorian village getting outside help with water needs
A non-profit organization, the Minnesota State Mankato chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has set their sights on El Salvador and will be travelling to a small village in Piedras Azules to help the local community with their water access needs.
The problem is that in the village in Piedras Azules there is just one water source with unreliable water access as the water table changes depending on the time of year and the weather. This leads to long queues at the well, with some residents sometimes waking up at midnight to beat the water rush. Read more
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