ABAJO EN ESPAÑOL As we learned about The Current Realities in El Salvador through the Popular Education Model waves of emotions flowed: admiration for the perseverance of the social movement under the State of Exception, anger and frustration at human rights violations—so many innocents detained unjustly, joy and love on reuniting with friends and making new connections in our sister […]
San Salvador, November 28, 2023. Social organizations in El Salvador face some of the harshest realities since the signing of the Peace Accords: elimination of spaces for citizen participation, obstacles to their legalization, harassment in social networks, censorship, blockades, police harassment and threats of closure are some of the patterns identified.
(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 […]
Dear Friends of US-El Salvador Sister Cities, Happy holidays to you and all your loved ones. We hope you are all staying safe and healthy! We thank you for your continued support throughout the years and especially during this tumultuous 2020 in which, with your help and the always inspiring organizing of our sister communities […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Thanks to the donations made to our fundraising due to the COVID crisis and tropical storms Amanda and Cristóbal, The U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network was able to raise 19,763 dollars that have been used for the organization and delivery of food kits to communities affected in the five CRIPDES […]
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) Marianella community celebrated its 30th anniversary of repopulation. The week was packed with different activities that the Junta Directiva of the community and the committees put together to keep alive the spirit of community, solidarity, and most importantly, organization. From February 23rd to March 3rd, community members gathered at the main soccer […]
On Sunday October 24th over 300 people gathered in Chalatenango to elect the new CCR board. As always with the CCR, the elections were an all day celebration with updates about the work the CCR has done over the last year, music from Carasque’s band Grupo Emoción, food and local celebrities, including Chalate’s representative to […]