Your donation to our on-going fundraiser has enabled the CCR team to help various communities in Chalatenango. Alongside the community boards with which they work, the CCR identified the most vulnerable people who have now received a hygiene and food kit. In San José Las Flores, help was given after 86 days of quarantine had […]
Even though we are facing a pandemic and uncertainty about Government policies, the CRIPDES branch in Chalatenango, CCR keeps working and Diario Co-Latino reports about it: “I have learned to prepare the soil and organic fertilizer, and also to plant more crops. These are difficult times but with organic gardens, we have different leaves […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The five regions of CRIPDES have provided support to a total of 2,381 rural families so far. Each of the regionals received support from the projects that were already running in their area. The SHARE Foundation and Sister Cities also contributed. CRIPDES’ board of directors decided where these funds would be […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Every year, our friends in Chalatenango commemorate the Sumpul River massacre, also known as “Las Aradas” (the name of the village where these people were living). This year, due to the pandemic, they invite us to commemorate its 40th anniversary virtually. They invite us to read testimonies, watch videos and learn […]
Chalatenango has reported its first 3 cases of coronavirus. It used to be the only department with no cases. All of them live in the municipality of Nueva Concepcion. Amid these challenges, Juana Morales, from the CCR, keeps working with the groups of women. Through whatsapp they keep encouraging each other to carry on the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Until April 21, Chalatenango is the only department with no positive cases of CORONAVIRUS. Since quarantine was decreed on March 21, 90% of the population has respected it, staying home, and going out only for necessary food or health issues. Due to the bonus that the government assigned to low-income families, […]
(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 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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last friday I had the chance to talk with Osmin Sibrian, from the water board of Teosinte, San Francisco Menéndez, a community sistered with Arlington. That’s how I got to learn more about the water situation in the area. The first challenge is that main pipes are 80 years old and […]