Thanks to the support of Canadian organizations, unions, professionals, educational institutions, religious organizations, and Canadians, SalvAide supports and provides funding to projects led out by our local sister-organizations in El Salvador.

Vision, Mission, Mandate

Our Vision

SalvAide is the only Canadian NGO with an exclusive focus on and expertise with respect to El Salvador. Our mission is to accompany the Salvadoran people as they build social justice, democracy, and economic development and sustainability.

Our Mission

Our mission is to bolster the civil society and the social movement in El Salvador as represented by popular, women’s, and community organizations, to strengthen local economies in El Salvador participating in regional and national efforts to create sustainable and diversified economic development and to build Canadian support for community and democratic development in El Salvador.

Our Mandate

We work in partnership and solidarity with low-income communities in El Salvador to achieve environmental sustainability, economic self-sufficiency, and social justice through our local partners on the ground, CRIPDES and CORDES. We work to empower rural communities at the grassroots level, supporting them in project design, creating local leadership and skills, and ensuring that programs truly meet local needs.

We assist our partners by providing the financial, technical, and moral support needed for these communities to carry out their plans. The vision, initiative, organization, and implementation of the projects we support come directly from the communities with whom we work.

SalvAide works to raise awareness about El Salvador, its culture, history and people, and the challenges they continue to face to achieve greater social justice.

SalvAide works to build social and economic justice and development in El Salvador through solidarity.

SalvAide’s Values:

• We are committed to social justice and economic self-sufficiency.
• We place high priority on projects that can be sustained over the long-term.
• We are committed to environmentally sensitive ways to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
• We require accountability and responsibility from ourselves and the communities with whom we work.
• We encourage diversity and inclusiveness in our partners, our Board & staff members, and with all whom we work.
• Democratic participation at the grassroots level is the foundation of SalvAide's work.

SalvAide Team:

• Alfredo Marroquín, Executive Director  

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• Charity Chavez, Finance & Administration Office

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Volunteer Board of Directors:

• Nupur Gogia

• Eusebio García

• Juan Carranza

SalvAide is the only Canadian NGO with an exclusive focus on and expertise with respect to El Salvador. Our mission is to accompany the Salvadoran people as they build social justice, democracy, and economic development and sustainability.

We work in partnership and solidarity with low-income communities in El Salvador to achieve environmental sustainability, economic self-sufficiency, and social justice through our local partners on the ground, CRIPDES and CORDES. We work to empower rural communities at the grassroots level, supporting them in project design, creating local leadership and skills, and ensuring that programs truly meet local needs.

We assist our partners by providing the financial, technical, and moral support needed for these communities to carry out their plans. The vision, initiative, organization, and implementation of the projects we support come directly from the communities with whom we work.

SalvAide's Core Objectives:

1. To bolster civil society and the social movement in El Salvador as represented by popular, women’s, and community organizations.
2. To strengthen local economies in El Salvador participating in regional and national efforts to create sustainable and diversified economic development.
3. To build Canadian support for community and democratic development in El Salvador.