In the build up to the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the IPC hopes that the new online resource will raise the profile of Paralympics among the 6.2 million population of the Central American state.

At London 2012, El Salvador's sole representative at the Games was sprinter Luis Garcia Morales, and in all the country has had four other athletes at Paralympic Games since Claudia Marina first competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

No El Salvadorian has competed at a Paralympic Winter Games.

The website will contain the latest news, images and information on para-athletes in El Salvador as well as information relating to anti-doping, classification and the Paralympic Games.

"It is fantastic that the IPC can help out our member nations in the Americas region raise awareness for the Paralympic Movement with new digital platforms, being that so many para-sport events are heading their way during the next four years," said Craig Spence, IPC media and communications director.

In the last 12 months, the IPC has launched websites for the NPC's of Zimbabwe, Panama, Cameroon and Namibia, and also for Oceania's Paralympic Committees.

The President of COPSESA, Julio Meza said: "I believe this technological tool represents for the COPSESA and its members a window through which they can humanise our athletes and members, and at the same time will be an international reference as the representatives of the Movement in El Salvador."

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