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…
Chepito is 73 years old and quite a cheerful person. He is a caretaker of the ranch. Chepito helps with raising chickens and eggs. In his young age he remembers being in the barracks and having to work in the field. He moves with difficulty but has a great attitude. He suffered the loss of…
Cecilia is 87 years old. She survives from chicken farming. Part of his her life was the “midwife” (person who assists with the Parthians) of the Zonte. Almost every day she has to walk for 1.4km cobbled slope by herself form her house to the place she sells soft drinks and candy. Cecilia also supports…
Pablo is 74 years old and has devoted his entire life to masonry and construction. Pablo’s recovery process lasted for 3 months and he underwent 6 surgeries that made his lower teeth reconstruction possible.
Manuel is 58 years old. He is unemployed for a long time, although sometimes he gets the opportunity to take care of a ranch. The little income he earns he uses it to survive and in the care of his elderly mother. Manuel showed signs of malnutrition, chronic periodontal problems (purulent infection and extreme tooth…
Jesus is 52 years old. He is diabetic. Six years ago he underwent a 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, Jesus was in a…
Rosaura is 42 years old, living on a very limited resources. She’s taking care of cattle and washing other people’s clothes in the river to survive. She takes care of her three children, one of them with a mental disabilities. Almost on the verge of tears she recounted being physically abused and psychologically in the…
Alberto is 77 years old that dedicated his entire life to agriculture. He also takes care of the cattle to survive. In the 90’s Alberto worked as a gardener of the former president Calderón Sol (1994-1999) who at that time helped him get his prostate operation. All of his children emigrated to the America in…
Mercedes lives in a very humble place that she doesn’t own. The place has been rented to her. She lives with her daughters whom she supports by selling fruits and seed on the street. Mercedes sometimes washes other people’s clothes on the river to support the family. She’s 57 years old and has no access…
Misael is a 60-year-old farmer. He has vision problems and hypertension. In itsyouth of him partially lost his teeth permanently. He arrived at consultations with a fixed partial denture in bad condition (broken) that damaged his remaining teeth. Due to his poor economic situation he had not been able access dental services decades. We have…
Rosa is 59 years old farm worker and a housewife. She suffers from the colon, arthritis,hypertension and high triglycerides. She is also diabetic, further complicating her general health. Rosa just spent almost three weeks in bed with typhoid fever. In our examination we’ve found the remains of necrotic and infected teeth. She has spend 40…
Marceline is 50 years old. She never went to school and has battled all her life to barely survive. She is the mother of 5 children. Between her daily chores are taking care of the little ones and helping them with a homework, she’s working on a farm. With Marceline’s case we had a dozen…