Information about our sistered communities
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend, Tropical Storm Julia demonstrated, once again, how fragile El Salvador continues to be in the face of tropical storms, even when they are downgraded to a “tropical depression.” Despite the reports that showed the magnitude of the event, many people had to use their personal days or take time […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The Salvadoran government headed by Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency on March 27, 2022 after 87 murders took place throughout El Salvador. The situation has called into question the effectiveness of the famous Territorial Control Plan, whose phases have never been fully explained to the population. The president pressured […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last year, the Austin committee supported the community of El Guajoyo with the installation of a pump for the well that Agua Viva previously built for them. Guajoyo has struggled with water scarcity. Its water source has been affected by drought and its vulnerability to pollution. The flow of the river […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) As we approach the day of our conversation with Roberto Lovato, the Cambridge committee is inviting you to this online event to learn about what’s happening in El Salvador. REGISTER HERE ZOOM LINK HERE TAX- DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE HERE *** En ruta a […]
After Nayib Bukele made his big announcement of “Bitcoin City”, José Miguel Cruz, the director of research at the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University made the following statement: “It’s crazy to think that everything will be done in a few years. In fact, I don’t remember any project in a […]
We share with you the 2021 newsletter of the Binghamton committee. This committee is sistered with El Charcon, a community supported by CRIPDES SUR in the department of La Libertad.
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Not only Honduras held elections this past weekend, the community of Teosinte, in San Francisco Morazán, has elected a new board of directors. Accompanied by the mayor’s office and representation of the CCR, the electoral process was carried out, and it had the following results: POSITION ALTERNATE General Secretariat María Catalina […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On January 24, Carasque held elections for a brand new board. Miguel Franco is the new president and the other positions will be determined soon. The CCR accompanied this organizing effort. Carasque is sistered with Bangor, in Maine. El domingo 24 de enero se realizaron elecciones de junta […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) These are some of the activities from CRIPDES SUR supported by USESSC throughout the 2020: Women Seed Capital to reactivate economic initiatives of Women’s Saving Groups. CRIPDES provided seed capital to saving groups in order to activate their finances after the mandatory lockdown due to covid19. USESSC provided the financial […]
The promoters of CRIPDES SAN VICENTE have informed us about Kimberly, a little girl in Tecoluca who was born less than 40 days ago with kidney problems. She shares the name with her very young aunt, who died of kidney failure during the mandatory lockdown in El Salvador. Karla Rodas wrote an article about that […]