Edith Portillo is the Secretary of the CRIPDES National Board of Directors, works as the Coordinator of Women’s programs for CRIPDES San Vicente, and is part of the leadership of the National Roundtable of Rural Women. She started working with CRIPDES in 1999, and considers herself the fruit of the work of CRIPDES in rural […]
The Salvadoran Working Class is Ready for Another Historic Milestone in Our Struggle The member organizations of the Popular Resistence Movement of October 12th, the MPR -12, welcome the global working class, which we are a part of. We extend that greeting especially to the progressive and leftist political parties and governments, mainly in Latin […]
Given the electoral events of March 9, 2014: The Association for the Development of El Salvador, CRIPDES, hereby congratulates the Salvadoran people for exemplary behavior demonstrated during the civic party March 9, 2014, when we celebrated the presidential elections in our country . This civic celebration affirms, once again, the democratic commitment of our people […]
The tropical storm that dumped 10 days of record breaking rainfall on Central America in October forced 50,000 people to flee their homes, caused 34 deaths and nearly $1 billion worth of damages to infrastructure and houses, and affected a total of 150,000 people in El Salvador. In the CRIPDES regions, there were over 3160 […]
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, 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 […]
On June 25th, CRIPDES held its 27th Annual National Assembly, at the Hospitalito La Divina Providencia, the site Monseñor Romero´s assassination 31 years ago. The event was attended by over 150 community leaders from all over El Salvador, as well as 18 members of the Cambridge Sister City committee. The event featured a speech by […]
On Sunday October 24th over 300 people gathered in Chalatenango to elect the new CCR board. As always with the CCR, the elections were an all day celebration with updates about the work the CCR has done over the last year, music from Carasque’s band Grupo Emoción, food and local celebrities, including Chalate’s representative to […]
The annual CRIPDES Assembly took place on June 26th at the historic Divina Providencia Hospital complex where Monseñor Romero lived until his murder in 1990. More than 250 community leaders from San Vicente, Chalatenango, La Libertad, Northern San Salvador, Cabanas and Cuscatlán attended the assembly. The national junta directiva of CRIPDES opened the assembly by […]