Español abajo. In early June, USESSC coordinated a successful delegation with sisterings from Madison-Arcatao and Philadelphia-Las Anonas. 9 participants from Madison and Philadelphia traveled to El Salvador, becoming the first delegation to include two sister city pairings and travel to both sister communities. “Having a delegation that included two sistering relationships and communities was powerful. […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Beauty and Connection in Times of Struggle At dawn, I tiptoed out of the room I shared with a fellow educator and three vivacious high school girls, all of us from the Boston area, all of us grateful for the chance to be in solidarity with the community of San […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On July 26, relatives of Salvadorans unfairly arrested during the current State of exception marched in front of the Human Rights Office and later went to the Legislative Assembly with a letter for the congresspeople. No representative spoke to them. Relatives of people detained during El Salvador's state of exception […]
IN DEFENSE OF FATHER MIGUEL VASQUEZ, PRIEST OF ARCATAO The Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) and the Association of Communities for the Development of Chalatenango (CCR) express to the national and international public opinion our deep concern about expressions of hatred, acts of intimidation and threats of political violence against Father […]
(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) Many of the sister cities from our network are located in the department of Chalatenango (one of the most affected during the civil war). Therefore, they support several aspects of CCR’s work. The team shares the following report to end this year: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION WITH FUNDS […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) CCR, CORDES and other organizations in the Chalatenango area held their annual commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Sunday, November 29. This year the event was held in Carasque, where a mural dedicated to Lorena Cruz and Yesenia Menjívar, two young people from the […]
Puede leer el comunicado en español abajo. Despite the fact that Chalatenango suffered tremendously before and during the civil war and despite the fact that several Organizations hoped that the current government would support their fight for restorative justice, Arcatao, Nueva Trinidad, San Fernando and San Ignacio, four communities of the area, are suffering […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, our friends at Teosinte reported: “We are still locked up, with the new DUI measure (permission to move according to the last digit of your identity document), people go out in their vehicles and (for) the rest (…) there is an advantage, people come selling food suplies here and also […]