US-El Salvador Sister Cities would like to present to you our 2016 Operative Plan! This plan was created with the objective to identify Sister Cities priorities for 2016. This tool is the result of dialogues and discussions within the different committees that make up Sister Cities. Each committee decided that it is strategic to focus […]
Category Archives: Community Development Projects
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Dec
Dec
A cordial greeting on behalf of the Communal Association of the Heroes of April 11th of Arcatao. We hope this letter finds you well with your families and your daily life. We are grateful to have contact with you and would like to say thanks for the support and collaboration we had with you during our consultation […]
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Nov
Nov
This is the second municipality in the northern department of Chalatenango in El Salvador to call for such a referendum on the issue of mining. In September, San Jose Las Flores declared itself a territory free of mining after 99% of the municipality’s inhabitants voted against mining in their territory. Currently El Salvador awaits the […]
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Feb
Feb
We talk a lot here at Sister Cities about solidarity, emphasizing that our sister communities are working “in solidarity” with one another, but what does that mean? And even more important, what does it look like in practice? I arrived here in El Salvador on January 5th to start my six month volunteering adventure with […]
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Jan
Jan
January 29th, 2013 On January 28th, 60 members of the Movement of Popular Resistance (MPR-12), international solidarity organizations and residents of the urban communities Santa Cecilia and El Progreso 3 gathered in front of the Specialized Chamber of Organized Crime more than month after the raid on Santa Ceclia and El Progreso 3 that resulted […]
El Salvador has been in a state of emergency since Saturday May 29th. What started out as a surprisingly rainy day on Wednesday turned into five days of heavy rain, flooding and landslides that have left many parts of the country severely damaged. CRIPDES has been working full time to help evacuate and house families […]
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Nov
Nov
From ContraPunto, translated by Sister Cities A community struggles to maintain its historical walls that are not just simple adobe structure. These walls show their own history and the history of the country. The parish wanted to knock down these walls, but the people said no. Siting on a plastic chair, Elba Escalante, 68 […]
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Jul
Jul
Written by Cassie Alley Member of the Bangor-Carasque Sister Cities Committee When I was 17 years old, I went through an experience that changed me profoundly. On October 28th, 2006, I became a citizen of the world, and began to assume the responsibilities that come with being a member of a world community. For […]
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Apr
Apr
From the Fair Trade Delegation, March 2008: Woven into many of USESSC’s sistering relationships are ‘sisters’ working in the North to promote the goods created by co-operatives in our sistered communities in El Salvador. Such co-operatives are a natural part of daily life in the organized communities of CRIPDES, part of an economic model that […]
Story of our demonstration in the Plaza in Suchitoto: Community of El Barío Monday, July 2, 2007, We gathered in the plaza in Suchitoto at 8:00 in the morning where all of the communities were present: men, women and children. These communities were protesting against the privatization of water and education. We have to stuggle […]