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The Saviour

Photography by Gary Moore

San Salvador, the biggest city in El Salvador and second biggest in Central America. The city has a population of 2.1 million, making it the most densley populated in Central America.

San Salvador's population is starkly divided between the wealthy and impoverished. Most of the poorer neighborhoods are filthy and overcrowded, and are plagued by skyrocketing crime rates.

Poverty is one of it's major problems. Pollution is also a major problem, with San Salvador considered the most polluted city in central America.

A young boy plays with a discarded doll while sitting in a basket at a market in the center of San Salvador
A young boy plays with a discarded doll while sitting in a basket at a market in the center of San Salvador A Salvadorean woman balances a basket on her head while she walks past a sign advertising ...
A Salvadorean woman balances a basket on her head while she walks past a sign advertising ... A young girl uses a makeshift sink to wash dishes in a poverty stricken area near San Salvador, El Salvador
A young girl uses a makeshift sink to wash dishes in a poverty stricken area near San Salvador, El Salvador A shoeless street kid uses a shops doorway to catch some sleep in San Salvador, El Salvador.
A shoeless street kid uses a shops doorway to catch some sleep in San Salvador, El Salvador. A young boy looks through a barred window. Due to the skyrocketing crime rate
A young boy looks through a barred window. Due to the skyrocketing crime rate Two young children peek through a bamboo fence out into the world from their small home in Zacamil
Two young children peek through a bamboo fence out into the world from their small home in Zacamil A young disabled girl sells bags of water in central San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America.
A young disabled girl sells bags of water in central San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America. A homeless family uses a busy street to ask passerbys for spare change
A homeless family uses a busy street to ask passerbys for spare change A father and son try their luck on the mean streets of San Salvador, El Salvador. Central America.
A father and son try their luck on the mean streets of San Salvador, El Salvador. Central America. A burnt beggar holds his hat out in the hope for small change in a back alley in San Salvador, El Salvador
A burnt beggar holds his hat out in the hope for small change in a back alley in San Salvador, El Salvador A worker walks past a mural supporting the FMLN rebels in San Salvador, El Salvador
A worker walks past a mural supporting the FMLN rebels in San Salvador, El Salvador A legless man makes his way down a San Salvador street. El Salvador. Central America.
A legless man makes his way down a San Salvador street. El Salvador. Central America. A Salvadorean man waits for a bus next to a mural in remembrance of Padre Ernesto Barrera
A Salvadorean man waits for a bus next to a mural in remembrance of Padre Ernesto Barrera A crippled woman sits on a dirty San Salvador sidewalk collecting change from passerby
A crippled woman sits on a dirty San Salvador sidewalk collecting change from passerby A woman sits in San Salvador’s garbage dump in utter desperation
A woman sits in San Salvador’s garbage dump in utter desperation A security guard with an AK-47 guards a Wendy’s restaurant, an American interest
A security guard with an AK-47 guards a Wendy’s restaurant, an American interest