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El Salvador

Last Updated: 22 November 2013

Support for Mine Action

There are more than 3,000 mine/explosive remnants of war survivors in the Republic of El Salvador.[1] In 2011, Norway contributed NOK1 million (US$178,500) to El Salvador as part of its support to the Network of Survivors and Persons with Disabilities project, which aims to increase the participation/inclusion of survivors and persons with disabilities in their communities through health, economic reintegration, and human rights programs.[2] In 2012, Norway contributed a further NOK725,648 ($124,723) through the Survivors Network Project managed by the ICBL.[3]

The government of El Salvador provides support for victim assistance through the Protection Fund for the Disabled and Injured as a Result of the Armed Conflict (Fondo de Protección de Lisiados y Discapacitados a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado, or Protection Fund) that was created in 1993 as part of the 1992 peace agreement that ended the conflict in El Salvador.[4] In 2011, the Protection Fund had a nationally-funded budget of $29 million, of which $2,747,334 was earmarked for landmine survivors.[5] In 2012, this amount increased to approximately $3,400,000.[6]

 



[2] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: El Salvador: Support for Mine Action,” 10 September 2012.

[3] Email from Megan Burke, Survivor Network Project, 23 May 2013. Average exchange rate for 2012: NOK5.8181=US$1. US Federal Reserve, “List of Exchange Rates (Annual),” 3 January 2013.

[5] Fondo de Protección de Lisiados y Discapacitados a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado (Protection Fund for the Disabled and Injured as a Result of the Armed Conflict).

[6] Ibid.