Category Archives: CRIPDES Regional Support

The beginnings of El Charcon

(EN ESPAÑOL AQUI)   On June 2016, Paulina Dominguez, community leader, shared the history of how the community of El Charcon started, its relationship with CRIPDES and their link with their sistered committee in Binghamton. Some parts have been edited for clarity.   The family started with families that were fleeing from the war that […]

Los inicios organizativos de El Charcón

Paulina Domínguez, lideresa comunitaria, compartió en junio de 2016 los inicios de la comunidad El Charcón, su relación con CRIPDES y el vínculo con el hermanamiento de Binghamton. Se han editado algunas partes para mayor claridad.   La comunidad nació de familias que venían huyendo del conflicto armado que se dio en el año 1980, […]

Izcanal le da cobertura al programa de becas en San Vicente

“El objetivo es ayudar a las personas que habían sido movilizadas forzosamente por la guerra hacia diferentes países, ya sea Honduras o Nicaragua, CRIPDES era como un intermediario para retornar nuevamente al país” indicó José Alfredo López miembro de CRIPDES San Vicente. Además menciona ¿Por qué? CRIPDES busca ayudar a los jóvenes a través del […]

Workshops with Teosinte youth /Talleres con la juventud de Teosinte

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   The youth Committee “Ana Francisca for a free spirit” (AFEL, in Spanish) keeps working with the young people of the community in Teosinte. They recently held a workshop about environrment and they share some pictures with us.     Besides that, CRIPDES regional office, CCR, accompanied them in another workshop. Arely […]

Midyear review with scholarship recipients / evaluación de medio año del programa de becas en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last thursday, Alfredo Lopez, youth promoter in CRIPDES San Vicente, led another workshop with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program. Since this was the midyear session, they took the opportunity to evaluate the work done so far. There was a summary of the lessons learned and the promoter asked for feedback from […]

Reactivating the Youth National Round Table of CRIPDES / Reactivando la Mesa Nacional de Jóvenes de CRIPDES

(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 […]

Women back home / Las mujeres de vuelta en casa

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Thanks to the support of AIETI, the women’s table of CRIPDES has been able to get together once again in the central office after two years. This meeting enabled them to analyze all the work that has been done in the regional offices during all this time, despite the lack of […]

Letrinas en Guajoyo /Latrines in Guajoyo

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Our sistering promoter in San Vicente, Lurvi, informed us yesterday that Guajoyo is about to complete the building of more than 20 latrines in the community. This project is financed by the Austin committee. The other pending project for this year is putting up a structure to hold the water tank for […]

New scholarship recipients in San Vicente / Nuevas becarias y becarios en San Vicente

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Yesterday, new young men and women attended Cripdes San Vicente’s meeting to become new scholarship recipients. They are taking the places of those who graduated last year. They were accompanied by their relatives and, in some cases, by community board members. The three of them signed an agreement that states that […]

CCR Assembly – October 2018

On October 27th, CCR held their assembly in which they presented their strategic plan for 2018 – 2022. CCR’s current president, Rubia Guardado, stated that this was a result of an analysis in which many people were involved. One of the key aspects they discovered is that people want them to work closer with youth […]