Remodel Plans
Mark is in the process of doing a fundraiser through facebook and paypal in order to remodel one of our main base bathrooms in San Salvador. The bathroom itself has been out of use for…
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Humanitarian Aid
Helping out in Colima, Suchitoto
300 families that were victims of tropical storm Agatha were given donated food via Assembly for Peace Cooperation of Spain in Colima, just outside of Suchitoto. The Comandos maintain ongoing contact with the communities and…
Volunteers from the States
A fireman, two EMTs and a Paramedic from San Diego CA. Visited the Comandos recently. They brought with them donated EMS equipment and offered first aid trainings, volunteered in the walk in Emergency clinic, and…
Patient Repatriated from Tapachula
Socorristas de Comandos de Salvamento trasladaron desde Tapachula México hasta su vivienda en San Salvador a Víctor Zetiño Orellana de 63 años, quien sufrió un derrame cerebral cuando se encontraba México. El señor Zetiño se…
Salvadorans Helping Salvadorans
San Miguelito, a neighborhood just north of down down San Salvador is known for its local Market. Anything can be bought there, from fresh flowers, piñatas, bridal dresses to fish or poultry. The female workers…
Agatha Rains: Donations for the Victims
Comandos de Salvamento volunteers have begun to hand out food donated by NGOs, (ACPP) Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz de españa and Peoples Norwegian Aid. The families that benefit from this are from…
Agatha Rainstorm: Flooding/Rescues
EMS crews from Comandos de Salvamento evacuated victims of Tropical Storm Agatha in Bajo Lempa today. The refugees where transferred to shelters run by National Civil Protection of El Salvador. There were four washed out…
Rainy Season Agatha: Evacuations
EMS crews from Comandos de Salvamento recently evacuated 26 families composed of 96 people in the small village of Joya Grande de Santiago Texacuangos. They were transferred to the Camilo Campos school for shelter. Later…
Rainy Season Emergency Report 1
Emergencies Attended Due to SNET territorial studies on the current rainy season, on May 23 at 7:30 pm, certain events were reported that resulted in the following persons being evacuated to the town of Sensuntepeque…
Ironman Raffle Fundraise
Mark is doing an Ironman Triathlon for Comandos and is raffling off a 25 Liter Overboard Waterproof backpack to raise funds for remodeling of the patient bathroom at the Central Base in San Salvador. Tickets are…
Ironman 2010 Coeur d’Alene Idaho
Mark Hoffman, Wenatchee Social worker, and a collaborator with Comandos de Salvamento since 1996 as an EMT, will becoming a real Ironman for the first time by competing in the Ironman triathlon June 27th in…
The Right to Mobility
Above, a Señora is transported by her grandaughter to recieve a wheel chair donation organized by Comandos de Salvamento at Majahual Beach 2010. Since 2005, Comandos de Salvamento has been collaborating with the organization Free…
