Tag Archives: Kidney disease

The Children of San Vicente with kidney disease

The promoters of CRIPDES SAN VICENTE have informed us about Kimberly, a little girl in Tecoluca who was born less than 40 days ago with kidney problems. She shares the name with her very young aunt, who died of kidney failure during the mandatory lockdown in El Salvador. Karla Rodas wrote an article about that […]

Two pandemics in Jiquilisco

(ARTICULO DE GLENDA GIRON ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO EL 26 DE ABRIL DE 2020 POR “SÉPTIMO SENTIDO”)   In developed countries, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is related to pre-existent conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension. It means that the deterioration of the purifying function of the kidneys comes as a consequence of the previous failure of other […]

Sugarcane industry thriving amid pandemic

DIARIO EL MUNDO reports: Sugar industry achieves record harvest: 17.9 million QQ   The sugar harvest for the 2019-2020 cycle closed with a new record: 827,066.13 metric tons (1,823,368,699.963 pounds). According to data from the Superior Council of the Sugar Agroindustry (CONSAA), the cycle ended with unprecedented results for ground cane and sugar production. Julio […]

Ordenanza ambiental de Tecoluca / Environmental Ordinance in Tecoluca

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In 2015, the MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TECOLUCA, DEPARTMENT OF SAN VICENTE, was approved. In spite of including articles referring to the distance that must exist between sugarcane plantations and the communities, the strip of one hundred meters of cultivation that […]

Linking youth /Nuevos lazos entre la juventud

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   During our 2019 delegation focused on migration, participants had the opportunity to visit the Santa Marta community in San Vicente. There, SOA Watch participants Patricia Rodriguez and Beth Harris told youth about the continental summit SOMOS ABYA YALA that was being planned for December. Thanks to this link, Douglas Cruz could […]

The changes we want from the sugarcane industry

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. […]

Update on Las Anonas /Actualización de Las Anonas

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) At the beginning of 2019, a group of representatives from Naya Global Health, formerly HDCP, visited the community of Las Anonas (sistered with Philadelphia) and started to learn more about kidney disease that for many years has been affecting many residents of the area. They learnt about the direct connection with the […]

Fumigations in the lower Lempa / Fumigaciones en el Bajo Lempa

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Despite the closeness of the sugarcane fields to communities, despite the municipal ordinance, despite documented cases of sickness in all the lower Lempa region, despite the recent rains, the inhabitants of the Taura community have seen that, one more year, they will have to inhale the toxic chemicals dumped by the airplanes. […]

Resources about the environmental struggle in El Salvador

Thomas  R. Hughes, Jose Roberto Acosta, Jaime Lochhead – Large-Scale Sugarcane Production in El Salvador Kidney Disease – Climate change is turning dehydration into a deadly epidemic Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water Jennifer Moore & Stuart Kirsh – Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El […]

Luis Aviles on his visit to MOFGA’s fair / Luis Avilés sobre su visita a la feria de MOFGA

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   From september 21st to september 23rd, the Maine Organic Farmers And Gardeners Association (MOFGA) held their annual Country Fair. This year they were kind enough to invite Luis Avilés, a member of the Popular Movement of Organic Farming (MOPAO, in Spanish) to talk about his experience as an organic farmer in San […]