The upcoming year Sister Cities, through the Philadelphia Committee and the Climate Change working group, will support initiatives to raise awareness about the link between bad practices in the sugar cane industry, including the use of chemicals such as glyphosate in its production, and the number of people diagnosed with kidney disease and kidney failure. […]
“El objetivo es ayudar a las personas que habían sido movilizadas forzosamente por la guerra hacia diferentes países, ya sea Honduras o Nicaragua, CRIPDES era como un intermediario para retornar nuevamente al país” indicó José Alfredo López miembro de CRIPDES San Vicente. Además menciona ¿Por qué? CRIPDES busca ayudar a los jóvenes a través del […]
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) Last thursday, Alfredo Lopez, youth promoter in CRIPDES San Vicente, led another workshop with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program. Since this was the midyear session, they took the opportunity to evaluate the work done so far. There was a summary of the lessons learned and the promoter asked for feedback from […]
(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 weekend the Austin committee visited its sister comunity, Guajoyo, in San Vicente. There we had an exchange with two members of the community Santa Monica, organized by CRIPDES regional office in San Vicente, to learn about their experience with water projects and handling its scarcity. New visitors got to meet […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2018, several youth from our program graduated from high school. This year new people were elected to take their place by the boards of the beneficiary communities. The young folks that are receiving a small amount that helps with their transportation or educational material are: NOMBRE 1 Maria Jose Panameño 2 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, new young men and women attended Cripdes San Vicente’s meeting to become new scholarship recipients. They are taking the places of those who graduated last year. They were accompanied by their relatives and, in some cases, by community board members. The three of them signed an agreement that states that […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, Alfredo Lopez facilitated the last assembly for the scholarship recipients of San Vicente. Besides evaluating the second semester of the year, they created groups in which the attendees (alongside parents or responsible persons) gave their opinions on the positive and negative aspects, things to improve and lessons learned. Thirteen of […]
Our friends from CRIPDES have shared information of the different areas where they work. Luckily, no personal losses are reported. CRIPDES SUR As usual, people in El Charcón are affected by floods. 24 families are in shelters. UCRES There are reports of water in some houses. SAN VICENTE Aguacate river overflowed. No damage reported […]