El Salvador - GFDRR

60 | El Salvador: Damage, Loss, and Needs Assesment
General Manuel Belgrano and Centro Escolar Rubén Darío), in the Municipality of Soyapango (1) (Centro
Escolar el Progreso), and in the Municipality of Tonacatepeque (1) (Centro Escolar Cantón Veracruz).
In the Department of San Vicente, shelters were located in the Municipality of Guadalupe (1) (Instituto
Nacional Profesor Santiago Echegoyen), in the Municipality of San Cayetano Istepeque (1) (Centro Escolar
Caserío La Entrevista), in the Municipality of San Sebastián (1) (Instituto Nacional de San Sebastián),
in the Municipality of San Vicente (4) (Centro Escolar Concepción de María, Centro Escolar Doctor José
Rosa Pacas, Complejo Educativo Marcelino García Flamenco and Centro Escolar Antonia Galindo), in the
Municipality of Tepetitán (2) (Complejo Educativo Pedro Pablo Castillo and Centro Escolar Cantón Concepción
de Cañas), and in the Municipality of Verapaz (2) (Centro Escolar Presbítero Francisco Palacios and
Centro Escolar Caserío Santa Teresa).
Finally, in the Department of Usulután, the shelter was located in the Municipality of Santa Elena (1)
(Centro Escolar Caserío Los Tres Postes).
In the 74 educational centers used as shelters, it is necessary to conduct a series of rehabilitation and
replacement works, such as painting, replacement of doors and windows, installation of locks, cleaning of
floors, cleaning of toilets and septic tanks, and replacement of incandescent lighting with energy-saving
fluorescent lighting, among many other efforts that would leave these educational centers in workable,
usable conditions for the next semester.
As additional information, fortunately students were in their final days of classes on the dates when the
hurricane struck, and therefore the semester was not significantly affected. However, for some schools, the
start of classes may need to be delayed until rehabilitation and replacement efforts have been completed.
The cost of rehabilitation and replacement of these educational centers has been considered a loss
totaling US$1,324,886.
c) Damages to Furniture and Equipment
With regard to this issue, it is necessary to replace cookware and dishes in the 13 schools with the severest
damages in the Departments of San Salvador (7), Cuscatlán (3), San Vicente (1) and San Miguel (2). These
costs represent damages totaling US$10,559.
To replace furniture in classrooms and other areas, as well as equipment, consideration has been given
to damages that occurred both in the schools damaged in the Departments of San Salvador, Cabañas,
Cuscatlán, La Libertad, La Paz, San Vicente, Usulután and San Miguel, and in the schools used as shelters
in the Departments of San Salvador, Cabañas, Cuscatlán, La Paz, San Vicente and Usulután. In both cases,
the principal elements to be replaced under this category are student desks, office furniture, chairs, blackboards,
bookcases, shelves and files, as well as furniture for libraries, science laboratories, support rooms,
clinics, teachers’ lounges and administrative areas.
The cost of these replacements in the damaged educational centers totals US$2,444,245, and in the
educational centers used as shelters, US$1,908,105. In total, the costs of replacing furniture and equipment
total US$4,352,909.