Lutherans providing aid to earthquake victims U.S. Lutherans already are responding to victims of a devastating earthquake Jan. 13 in El Salvador, thanks to ongoing partnerships with Salvadoran aid affiliates. LWR has supported emergency relief and community development projects in El Salvador for more than 20 years. Also providing ongoing support to LWR is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Saturday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake set off landslides that buried hundreds of homes.
Thousands are homeless.
The most severe loss of life and greatest damages are in the towns and villages south of the capital of San Salvador, according to Father Octavio Cruz of Practica, an LWR aid partner in El Salvador. The poor will suffer because so much of the construction in the towns is old adobe. There are bodies along the roadsides, also in the rivers where people were fishing, washing clothes or bathing. Once again, the vulnerability of our country is obvious, especially for the poor. Please keep us in your prayers and let us together show our solidarity with those in need.