From October 3rd to October 19th, Sister Cities celebrated its 25th Anniversary out on the open road between the cornfields visiting our committees in the Midwest. Sister Cities staff members were accompanied by Agustin Menijivar, president of the CCR (the Chalatenango regional wing of CRIPDES), and leader of the historic community or Arcatao; Kenia Ortiz, […]
Communities Organize Disaster Response & Demand More Government Collaboration JIQUILISCO, El Salvador – As thousands of Salvadorans return to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives after last week’s historic rain and floods, many officials and civil society organizations in the region are blaming climate change for the catastrophe and calling upon the government […]
October 20, 2011 Yesterday, after 10 days of rain, the sun came out in El Salvador, and the forecast calls for more sun in the upcoming days. But the effects of the storm, called the most damaging in the history of the country, continue. During the storm, twice the amount of rain fell as during […]
October 19, 2011 The crisis caused by a succession of tropical storms in Central America grows as the rain continues to fall in El Salvador. There have been 90 deaths reported in Central America and over 700,000 people affected on a regional level. In El Salvador the death toll rose by one, to 33, today […]
La Libertad: Families in the municipality of Comasagua are still being evacuated. Last night and in the early dawn today 375 more people were evacuated from communities that were in areas at risk for landslides. Northern San Salvador: The regional branch […]
October 18, 2011 As the sun struggles to poke through the clouds in El Salvador, CRIPDES continue to evacuate communities and organize aide and temporary shelter for thousands of people from communities affected by the worst tropical storm/hurricane in recent history. Here is the most recent information for the communities CRIPDES works in. La […]
October 18, 2011 On Monday El Salvador declared a State of Calamity. This is the government’s response to the topical storms that continue to hit El Salvador and break records for the amount of recorded rainfall. The amount of rain that fell during Hurricane Mitch in 1998 is only about 68% of the rain that […]
October, 17, 2011 The storm has caused severe flooding in the CRIPDES Regions of San Vicente, La Libertad and Northern San Salvador, as well as in the regions of Achuachapan, La Paz, Sonsonate and Usulutan. Many CRIPDES communities have been affected by the flooding and landslides: La Libertad: According to El Faro La Libertad has […]
El Salvador declared a state of emergency on October 14th, due to flooding from a Tropical Depression and rains that have continued for 12 days without a break. Another Tropical Storm is predicted for October 17th. For a map of some of the damages caused by flooding and landslides see here. At present, 20,000 people […]
Starting October 3rd we are going to be visiting committees and making presentations with community activists Agustin Menjivar and Estela Garcia in Wisconsin, Illinois and Kansas. Agustin Menjivar is the president of the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango and leader of the historic community of Arcatao. Estela Garcia grew up in the […]