Potable Water Projects Completed in Rural Schools
with USDA, USAID Funding
May 28, 2004

On May 28 at a rural school in Colon Municipality, La Libertad Department, Former Salvadoran First Lady Lourdes de Flores and Ambassador Barclay presided over the donation of a potable water system that will benefit the 300 children of that school.

The event also marked the symbolic donation of similar water systems at 140 other schools in the departments of La Libertad, La Paz, and San Vicente. In all, over 20,000 children will be served.

The U.S. government provided $1,571,429.00 for these projects, through assistance programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development.