Information about our sistered communities
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) Yesterday the board of directors and the women’s group of Chilama organized a delicious lunch to which they invited the team of CORDES, CRIPDES Sur, Sister Cities and Ann Legg, as a representative of our friends in Crystal Lake. Lunch served as a prelude to the delivery of the commemorative plaque […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Teosinte elected their new community board. They are: Secretary General (President): Humberto Mejía Minutes Secretary (and sistering rep): Sandra Nohemy Guardado (not pictured) Finance secretary: Rosa Adela Herrera Education secretary: José Osmaro Flores Legal affairs: Flor Idalia Ayala Health secretary: Osmin Sibrian Women’s secretary: Erika Yamileth contreras Teosinte eligió […]
We currently think of “popular education” as an educational approach that has the purpose of awakening people’s minds, raising awareness and driving their organizational process. During the war, El Salvador had its own popular educators. Their main purpose was sharing with others the basic knowledge they already had. You can learn more about that and […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) During our 2019 delegation focused on migration, participants had the opportunity to visit the Santa Marta community in San Vicente. There, SOA Watch participants Patricia Rodriguez and Beth Harris told youth about the continental summit SOMOS ABYA YALA that was being planned for December. Thanks to this link, Douglas Cruz could […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday the association Martirs of Sumpul presented a book in which they have gathered testimonies of survivors of the massacre that took place on may 13th and 14th of 1980. Ana Deysi Garcia, member of the team that created the book, shared with Efe, that “this kind of work is needed […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) A founding member of the embroidery cooperative of Arcatao shared how their work started: The embroidery workshop was born in 1988, in view of a need that we women had, as we were emerging from a cruel war, of much poverty. We didn’t even have to buy a pound (of) salt […]
(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 […]
Every two months, SALVAIDE, The SHARE Foundation and Sister Cities meet with the sistering representatives of the five regions of CRIPDES and some CRIPDES board members. These are the sistering meetings. During these meetings, we talk about the current context, hear reports about the regions and share ideas or proposals. During one of these meetings, […]
(En español aquí) The community of Las Anonas de Santa Cruz (sistered with Philadelphia) celebrated its 28th anniversary of repopulation. Many things took place. Here’s a short summary: May 1st – female football tournament with 8 different teams May 2nd – Vigil May 3rd – Mass with around 150 attendants May 4th – male football […]