(Español abajo) Last Saturday CRIPDES celebrated its 19th annual assembly, in which they celebrated 40 years of community work. The assembly was attended by the different members, representatives of the regional offices and special guests, including US- El Salvador Sister Cities. During the assembly, the work that has been done during the last year […]
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. […]
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Agroecological practices offer a useful tool in the effort to combat climate change and assure food security. CRIPDES, The Association for Development in El Salvador, secured funding from the United Nations through the GEF Small Grants Programme and selected the community of Las Anonas de Santa Cruz as a beneficiary of a $25,000 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday the last assembly of the year was held with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program sponsored by the Austin and Philadelphia committees. 14 out of a total of 30 young people will complete their high school studies. Several of them were accompanied by their mothers, fathers or guardians. The participants […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend, Tropical Storm Julia demonstrated, once again, how fragile El Salvador continues to be in the face of tropical storms, even when they are downgraded to a “tropical depression.” Despite the reports that showed the magnitude of the event, many people had to use their personal days or take time […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) After having participated in our delegation focused on the issue of migration, Professor Patricia Rodriguez did not forget what the inhabitants of the Santa Marta community in San Vicente shared with her, and decided to partner with Professor Sofía Villenas to apply for a grant at Cornell University. Thus was born […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The Guajoyo community has always had challenges providing access to water to all the people who live in its community. Although, originally, a water project was created to benefit the 4 communities that repopulated the area, the land in Guajoyo has different heights and the water does not arrive with the […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Today, the first assembly with the highschool scholarship recipients from San Vicente was held. This group of young people will receive financial support to buy materials and to purchase credit for their online studies. In this first assembly they decided the dates of the assemblies for the rest of the semester […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Since the end of this challenging 2020 is approaching, the coordinator of CRIPDES San Vicente, Esmeralda Villalta reflects on the challenges that the regional office has faced to promote the organization of women in the area and keep track of water projects, which It used to be the responsibility of Teresa […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The sistering meetings resumed today. Some attended virtually. The new PROGRESO representative had to leave the meeting before presenting his report; but the rest of the regions shared the following: UCRES Felicia: The psychosocial care processes have already started in some communities. We do it in partnership with ACISAM. People […]