Groundbreaking ceremony for a new market in San Sebastian

Mark Silverman, Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development in El Salvador, Miguel Angel Simán, Presidential Commissioner for Public Investment and President of FISDL, and Roque Cordova, Mayor of San Sebastian participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new municipal market in San Sebastian. The original market was destroyed during the earthquakes of 2001.

The total cost of the project is $1.9 million, of which $1.3 million was donated by USAID and the rest by the city of San Sebastian and the Government of El Salvador. The U.S. Government has set aside a total of $170 million for reconstruction work in El Salvador following the 2001 earthquakes.

USAID provided $15 million to FISDL for rebuilding health clinics, schools and municipal buildings. Of this amount, $3.5 million was devoted to rebuilding three markets in San Vicente Department (San Vicente, Tecoluca, and San Sebastian) and two markets in Usulután Department (Puerto El Triunfo and Santiago de Maria).