We pass with flying colors!
June 20th: classes are over and the grades are in, an acknowledgement of our dedication and a job well done.
For Intervida, school isn’t out (we continue working), but we did get the highest grade: the “IX National Laurel for Environmental Protection 2008”, an award given by the Environmental Fund of El Salvador (FONAES), an entity of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, in recognition of our efforts to protect the environment in the smallest country in Central America, El Salvador.
A country affected by various environmental problems, it is estimated that El Salvador generates more than 2,300 tons of solid waste a day and that only 69% of its municipalities have garbage-collection services. Furthermore, over 50% of the land is inappropriately used , some 4,500 hectares of land are deforested each year, 70% of the activities which generate sewage do not have corresponding treatment, and more than half of the rural population do not have access to drinking water or sanitation systems.
With Intervida’s “Sustainable Environmental Management” and “Community Development” development programs, we contribute to meeting some of these needs in the Departments of La Paz, San Vicente, Usulután, La Libertad and Morazán. We also support the communities and the municipal governments in conducting diagnostic studies on the state of the water basins, and in carrying out projects aimed at solving the problems detected.
We continue working...
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