I managed to find some blouses and t-shirts to donate. I also found 4 pairs of shoes in good condition...not like new, but, good (they don´t fit anyone I know, so I just kept them in the back of my closet, but never got around to putting them in the car--as I could then have given them to one of the many poor people I encounter around the city). We generally give Ale´s old clothes to Nanny's granddaughter, so she didn´t have much she could donate, except some underwear.
We packed the whole lot and Ale took it to school. They will collect stuff and then take them to one of the aid centers in the city.
So many people were left destitute and, now we have a cold front (well, cold for us!) coming over the weekend... 
Internationally, if you want to donate, you can do it through
Also, cities with large salvadoran expat populations (think LA, Washington, Houston) are having events to collect stuff and/or money to send.
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