LA PRENSA GRAFICA reports: On December 17, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, arrived at the El Mozote village in Morazán to announce various community works and, according to him, to speed up the process of reparation and vindication of the place, after 39 years of the crime against humanity better known as the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) These are some of the activities from CRIPDES SUR supported by USESSC throughout the 2020: Women Seed Capital to reactivate economic initiatives of Women’s Saving Groups. CRIPDES provided seed capital to saving groups in order to activate their finances after the mandatory lockdown due to covid19. USESSC provided the financial […]
The promoters of CRIPDES SAN VICENTE have informed us about Kimberly, a little girl in Tecoluca who was born less than 40 days ago with kidney problems. She shares the name with her very young aunt, who died of kidney failure during the mandatory lockdown in El Salvador. Karla Rodas wrote an article about that […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2020, USESSC said goodbye to two other committees that could no longer keep their commitments with their sistered communities. We had to say goodbye to the relationship between Wichita and La Bermuda, and the one between Manhattan and El Papaturro. That sadly means we will have less resources to support […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Many of the sister cities from our network are located in the department of Chalatenango (one of the most affected during the civil war). Therefore, they support several aspects of CCR’s work. The team shares the following report to end this year: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION WITH FUNDS […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Since the end of this challenging 2020 is approaching, the coordinator of CRIPDES San Vicente, Esmeralda Villalta reflects on the challenges that the regional office has faced to promote the organization of women in the area and keep track of water projects, which It used to be the responsibility of Teresa […]
Dear Friends of US-El Salvador Sister Cities, Happy holidays to you and all your loved ones. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! We thank you for your continued support throughout the years and especially during this tumultuous 2020 in which, with your help and the always inspiring organizing of our sister communities […]
On November 20th, the Taskforce for a Center on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice (CRISJ), in collaboration with U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities, Central Americans For Empowerment (CAFÉ), the Latin American Minor Program at Sac State, and the Multicultural Center, held a panel discussion focused on how the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections will […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) It’s only Wednesday and the start of December but several things have happened in El Salvador. Here’s a sample of some news reports: Ministry of Tourism to go to trial for payments made to Chepe Diablo’s hotels and to Minister Alabí’s cousin The Minister of Tourism Morena Valdez will face […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) CCR, CORDES and other organizations in the Chalatenango area held their annual commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Sunday, November 29. This year the event was held in Carasque, where a mural dedicated to Lorena Cruz and Yesenia Menjívar, two young people from the […]