The British Ambassador to El Salvador, Patrick Morgan watched to see how it went. British government funds were pledged to Oxfam soon after the earthquake struck and Ambassador Morgan was keen to see how the aid agency's plans were taking shape. Further afield, in the badly affected provinces of Ahuachapan, Sonsonate and Usulutan, similar Oxfam tanks are springing up to bring water to rural communities. A week after the earthquake, recovery has started, but the longer task looks as daunting as ever. In the short term, emergency relief is being shuttled as fast as possible to those who need it.
Camps provide food, water and shelter for families evacuated from razed or unstable homes.
Mexican army personnel busy themselves in the kitchens of Cafetalon camp, the main refuge for 7,000 people in the capital. Rescue team clearing the mudslide at Las Colinas, Santa Tecla. Bodies were still being brought out one week after the earthquake. Exactly one week on, rescue teams pulled another nine bodies from the compacted earth. Wearing masks, volunteers walk wearily from mound to mound.