(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) From January 9th to January 20th, a delegation of students from Edgewood College visited El Salvador as a way to understand more of the themes already discussed in their class led by Ian Davies and Marc Rosenthal, from the Madison-Arcatao Sister Citiy Project. Most of the participants are studying to become […]
Updates on the community of Teosinte – december 2018
Last saturday, Arely Ortega (the sistering representative from CCR) joined me in a trip to San José Las Flores. There, we were met by Zoila Guardado and Dora Serrano and both of them provided some news on the situation of Las Flores. The board – the board is still strong and will be in place […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, Alfredo Lopez facilitated the last assembly for the scholarship recipients of San Vicente. Besides evaluating the second semester of the year, they created groups in which the attendees (alongside parents or responsible persons) gave their opinions on the positive and negative aspects, things to improve and lessons learned. Thirteen of […]
Originalmente escrito por Jacey Anderson (VIEW ENGLISH VERSION HERE) “Recuerdo cuando huíamos de la guerra, nos agarrábamos del delantal de nuestra mamá y ella sostenía nuestros dedos para que no nos perdiéramos cuando caminábamos de noche”. Bernardo Belloso al ver una foto del projecto fotográfico solidario “Fluye” Era un húmedo domingo de octubre […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Despite the closeness of the sugarcane fields to communities, despite the municipal ordinance, despite documented cases of sickness in all the lower Lempa region, despite the recent rains, the inhabitants of the Taura community have seen that, one more year, they will have to inhale the toxic chemicals dumped by the airplanes. […]
On October 27th, CCR held their assembly in which they presented their strategic plan for 2018 – 2022. CCR’s current president, Rubia Guardado, stated that this was a result of an analysis in which many people were involved. One of the key aspects they discovered is that people want them to work closer with youth […]
Puede leer el informe en español aquí: DÉCIMO NOVENO FORO ECOLÓGICO – ARDM On October 19th, ARDM organized their environmental forum, in which they try to raise awareness about environmental issues to all the inhabitants of the communities that surround the forest of Cinquera. In this event there was participation from the mayor’s office, […]
Artículo original de Rafi Barglow / Arlington Teosinte Sister City Project La semana pasada, Zulma Tobar y Bernardo Belloso vinieron desde El Salvador a visitar la escuela de Arlington para hablar con casi cuatrocientos estudiantes sobre importantes temas que nos unen. Tobar es la co-coordinadora de Ciudades Hermanas, una organización que coordina las relaciones […]
The United States cannot have it both ways in El Salvador: imposing a foreign policy that drives people from their homes and an immigration policy that criminalizes people as they flee in search of safety and sustenance for their families. We stand with our Salvadoran sisters and brothers, who have shared with us friendship, solidarity, […]