By Kate Chesebrough From January 11 – 20th the Binghamton-El Charcón Sister Cities Project (BECSCP) went on a delegation to visit our sister community in El Charcón as well as Boca Poza and Santa Marta, two other communities that CRIPDES works with. Five delegates went on the trip, four of which serve on the […]
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) 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 […]
Zulma Hernández, from CRIPDES Sur and current VP of the national board, informs us how people in El Charcón are doing. People are concerned because they are running out of food and the mayor’s office has not gone there yet. His office has already started the distribution of goods in other places. This is especially […]
Sombrero Azul is the annual newsletter of the Binghamton-El Charcón Sister City Project. Follow them on Facebook. They are a 501(c)3 tax deductible organization affiliated with the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Network. You can read the newsletter here: El Sombrero Azul 2019
(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 […]
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, […]