1. Photographs to accompany the
El Salvador video wall
Sara’s family

2. Sarita, (Sara), 15yrs, eldest daughter of Fidel Ramos Gonzalez and Julia de Jesus Laguan.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

3. Sara helps Raquel to wash her hands before a meal
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

4. Sara’s father, Fidel Ramos Gonzales, examining the medicinal plants he grows. He is a farmer and works as a volunteer with the Jesuit Development Service, helping to train other farmers in organic and sustainable agriculture.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

5. Sara’s mother, Julia de Jesus Laguan, preparing food.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

6. Members of the Ramos Laguán family setting off to feed their chickens
Members of the Ramos Laguán family setting off to feed their chickens. Left to right: Marisol, Raquel, Sara’s mother Julia de Jesus Laguán, Sara, Walter. The meat and eggs that they produce provide much needed income and ensure a better diet for the children. This is one of the projects started with support from the Jesuit Development Service and co-funded by CAFOD.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

7. Sara’s brother, Ronaldo Adrian, 9yrs, feeding the family's pigs
Sara’s brother, Ronaldo Adrian, 9yrs, feeding the family's pigs. Their father’s success with pig farming has enabled him to buy land and pay for the mortgage on his new concrete block house.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

8. Sara’s family drinking coffee in the early morning.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

9. Sara (also known as Sarita) and Walter (3rd from right) entering the village primary school with some of the other children. Walter, 6yrs, is learning to count. Sara, 15yrs, studies at the secondary school in Guaymango town, about 2 miles from Puentecitos village.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

10. The village primary school at Puentecitos (“little bridge”)
(Credit: Claudia Torres)

11. The Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Puentecitos, which was built by the villagers themselves.
(Credit: Claudia Torres)