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walking in solidarity 

Heartland Presbyterian Church's International Mission Committee has been involved in building relationships with rural communities and helping the extremely poor in El Salvador for over 10 years. The Heartland International Mission committee is passionately committed to walking with the people of these communities and enabling them to sustainably improve their lives. We do this through a combination of planning, partnering, communicating and encountering the hardships of life together, face-to-face.   
Why you should explore this site:
Heartland International Mission Committee (H.I.M) would like to share its journey with you. We encounter and walk side-by-side with the amazing people of El Salvador. We have heard their stories, shared their hardships and become friends. Our journey together with the people of El Salvador is an enduring labor of love for all of us involved in this relationship. This site is a brief overview of who we are, the people that we work with, what we have accomplished together and where we will focus our efforts in the future. This work is something that touches our hearts and which can most effectively be communicated by intimately understanding and experiencing it. It is our intention to share a variety of these experiences with you.
 
You will also see our mission focus and that our results are driven by volunteers, their donated time and resources. If you are so inclined, you will find ways that you can help join in the adventure by becoming part of the team, by offering your skills and talents, and investing your time. We will also share ways that you can help us build financial resources for the project initiatives that will dramatically improve the lives of these people.

 
Heartland
International Mission
Heartland Presbyterian Church
 www.heartlandpresbyterian.org
Phone (515) 987-4246
Fax (515) 987-5601
14300 Hickman Road
Clive, IA 50325
Facts about  El Salvador:

-- Population: 7million

 

-- 58% of Salvadorans live on less than $2 per day, while 31% live on less than $1 per day.
 
-- Life expectancy at birth over the past 30 years has increased from roughly 58 in 1970 to 72 in 2008.
 
-- The Adult Literacy Rate as of 2003 was 79.9%. The Youth LIteracy Rate stood at 88.9% up from 83.8% in 1990.
 
-- 16% of the population lacks sustainable access to an improved water source. 62% of the population has sustainable access to improved sanitation, an improvement from 51% in 1990.  11% of the population is undernourished. 
 
-- 35% of Salvadorans are less than 15 years old.
 
-- It is estimated that anywhere from 817,000 to 2.7 million Salvadorans live outside the country. While Salvadorans can be found in almost any part of the world, an overwhelming amount migrate to the United States.
 
-- Remittances to El Salvador totaled $3.32 billion in 2006, representing 16.2% of GDP. Nearly one fifth of all households in El Salvador are recipients of remittances.