Cecilia

Elena sells fruits and seeds, she tends ranches and cooks for a living. At 78 years old, she has undergone operations on the womb (20 years ago) and gallbladder (8 years ago) and suffers from hypertension. Headaches and dizziness are common for her. She has been toothless for over 25 years. Elena’s 58-year-old son has…

Jesús is 52 years old. He is diabetic. Six years ago he underwent hernia surgery. He has an old pickup in which he offers transport service to the mountain withthe help of his son. Fourteen years ago he survived a closed-range attack on him. As a result of the attack, Jesús was in a coma…

Santiago is 68 years old. He is a war veteran (he still has 3 shells in one of his arms), which makes it difficult for him to work properly. He has vision problems and he is hypertensive. For 30 years he hasn’t been receiving any sort of dental treatment. His teeth were damaged, infected, and…

Blanca Marina is 53 years old. She suffers from low weight and malnutrition but still works hard in the field and as a housewife. She has eight children, for whom she sacrificed to bring food to the table. It has been more than 12 years since she attended a clinic to extract the last tooth…

Don Raúl is 78 years old and retired. It’s been a couple of years since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but tremors and difficulty walking and moving to prevent him from staying active and working on a daily basis grinding corn. 20 years ago Raúl had a traffic accident in which he almost lost…

Victoria is 84 years old. As a young girl, her first job was working with her father in the cotton fields of Acajutla (Sonsonate). Later, she dedicated her entire life to planting and harvesting corn and beans and raising chickens. “The machete and extreme work was my life,” says Victoria. She currently helps take care…