(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) National members of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities Network have been part of the Movimientos de Mujeres, which is a movement in solidarity to deal with the struggles of the women’s organizations; these organizations are in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean countries in effort to resist repression and extractivism […]
Lee abajo en español- Historically, the community of Marianella has been known for its high level of community organizing. Since its beginning, this community has worked on community development through strengthening organization with different sectors of the community. Youth organizing has not been the exception. 31 years after its repopulation, new generations of people in […]
(ABAJO EN ESPAÑOL) CRIPDES Sur has done great work promoting women empowerment and autonomy through the Savings and Loans groups for women. This project for rural women started back in 2014 with the financial support of OXFAM. In La Libertad, CRIPDES, in coordination with FECORACEN have joined efforts to form a Women´s Network of […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The Youth National Round Table of CRIPDES has been reactivated and endorsed by AIETI through the project “Active and Empowered Citizenship to Promote a Culture of Peace In La Libertad and San Salvador”. The five regions of CRIPDES (CRIPDES San Vicente, CRIPDES Sur La Libertad, CCR, UCRES, PROGRESO) have active work […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Marianella community celebrated its 30th anniversary of repopulation. The week was packed with different activities that the Junta Directiva of the community and the committees put together to keep alive the spirit of community, solidarity, and most importantly, organization. From February 23rd to March 3rd, community members gathered at the main soccer […]
(En español abajo) On November 22nd, the coordinator team of the Scholarship program of CRIPDES Sur La Libertad carried out the last meeting and disbursement of the scholarship for the fifteen scholarship recipients from different communities of the south area of La Libertad. During the meeting, the team took time to make a general evaluation […]
Below is a letter from community of San Isidro Labrador to the New Jersey committee: Dear Friends, The members of our organization, ADESCOSIL, send you the warmest regards and hope that God has granted you abundant blessings for all the efforts you carry out to support our organizations and students. They are grateful for all […]
(Written by Rachel Dunlap) On Wednesday afternoon Mario and I, accompanied by two representatives from CCR, met with the board of San Isidro next to the community´s school. There, we were greeted by the board who was eager to talk about scholarship division and education inaccessibility, amongst other issues like water privatization. The board […]
(Written by Rachel Dunlap) On June 20th, 2018, Sister Cities was invited to speak at a rally on family separation by our kind neighbors, NPR-12, after their guest speaker unexpectedly cancelled. Mario and I obliged. It was my first day in the office, and being notoriously bad at public speaking AND Spanish, I was nervous. […]
