U.S. Agency for International Development

Generating Hope: USAID in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

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Photo credit: Benjamin Ilka, USAID

USAID addresses the economic, security, environmental, and governance challenges that drive irregular migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the United States. USAID focuses on the root causes undermining people’s hope for their futures in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras and helps our neighbors to build the peace, prosperity, and stability they deserve.

The United States has a history of partnership with the people of these countries. USAID promotes greater government accountability and works with the private sector to advance economic and educational opportunities to those likely to migrate. We also help combat rampant crime and violence, tackle corruption and impunity, and mitigate the effects of climate change. We provide opportunities to the citizens of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras so that they can remain in their home countries and not be compelled to make the dangerous journey north.

Administrator Power officially launched USAID’s Northern Triangle Task Force on May 4, 2021. Led by Executive Director Michael Camilleri, the task force ensures a coordinated, unified, bold, and creative approach to addressing the causes of irregular migration, as directed by President Biden’s Executive Order.

Prosperity, Security, Governance

Circular graphic depicting three pillars of prosperity, security, and governance in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras

USAID programs in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras:

Generate economic opportunities, including by creating jobs, fostering entrepreneurship, growing small businesses, and supporting smallholder farmers;
Build secure communities, especially by working with youth at risk of getting involved in crime and violence;
Promote greater government accountability to citizens, particularly by working with civil society and tackling corruption and impunity;
Mitigate the effects of climate change; and
Provide humanitarian assistance - including emergency food, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, protection, and other support - in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to help the most vulnerable people respond to shocks and natural disasters. USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to address rising humanitarian needs stemming from recurrent drought, severe food insecurity, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn more about our programs in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Stories

I Would Have Been in the Caravan (English, Espanol)
One Farmer's Story to Provide a Future for His Family in Guatemala (English | Español)
Programming a New Life in El Salvador (English | Español)
Growing Through Technology (English | Español)
Helping Central Americans Weather the Storm (English | Español)