Chalatenango has reported its first 3 cases of coronavirus. It used to be the only department with no cases. All of them live in the municipality of Nueva Concepcion. Amid these challenges, Juana Morales, from the CCR, keeps working with the groups of women. Through whatsapp they keep encouraging each other to carry on the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Until April 21, Chalatenango is the only department with no positive cases of CORONAVIRUS. Since quarantine was decreed on March 21, 90% of the population has respected it, staying home, and going out only for necessary food or health issues. Due to the bonus that the government assigned to low-income families, […]
Last Friday, president Nayib Bukele established a sanitary cordon in La Libertad. People were not allowed to leave their houses not even to purchase food. This was criticized by several people: The lawyer and former Minister of Security, Francisco Bertrand Galindo, wrote that if the siege in La Libertad is true, it is “illegal, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Our friends on the board of CRIPDES have informed us of the regional work they are doing during the forced quarantine decreed due to COVID19. All regions are monitoring the number of people that do not appear as beneficiaries of the $300 USD bonus promised by the government. They are contacting […]
A new community board was elected in Las Anonas on Monday. Following recommendations from the government, people avoided crowds. One by one, community members cast their ballots and the results are the following: Ernesto Isaias Granados “Manrique” was reelected as president. Julio Antonio Hernández is the new vice president. Paula de Jesus Castillo is the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Today, a new group of young people signed an agreement with the scholarship program of CRIPDES San Vicente. These young folks were chosen by the community boards to receive a partial scholarship that will help them to finish their high school, this is specially important this year when the school packages […]
(EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) In all of the CRIPDES regionals there are workshops to discuss Sexual and reproductive rights. They are sponsored by different donors. In San Vicente’s case, the organization is SOLIDAR SUIZA. Different people are the facilitators. One of them is Alfredo Lopez, who also facilitates the high school scholarships assemblies. Alfredo […]
En todas las regionales de CRIPDES se desarrollan temas de Derechos sexuales y reproductivos en proyectos financiados por diferentes donantes. En San Vicente, la contraparte es Solidar Suiza. Diferentes personas desarrollan dichos talleres. Una de ellas es Alfredo López, quien también facilita las asambleas de becarias y becarios de bachillerato. Alfredo me contó las particularidades […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last march, the delegation from Austin visited Guajoyo and ran into their annual sad tradition: fighting wildfires. Guajoyo and the neighbor communities got together to fight it without a quick response from firefighters, the municipality of Tecoluca or the Government’s office of civil protection. This is a reality they […]
The upcoming year Sister Cities, through the Philadelphia Committee and the Climate Change working group, will support initiatives to raise awareness about the link between bad practices in the sugar cane industry, including the use of chemicals such as glyphosate in its production, and the number of people diagnosed with kidney disease and kidney failure. […]