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 […]
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. […]
(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. […]