(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) Today, a new group of young people signed an agreement with the scholarship program of CRIPDES San Vicente. These young folks were chosen by the community boards to receive a partial scholarship that will help them to finish their high school, this is specially important this year when the school packages […]
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) 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 aquí) The community of Las Anonas de Santa Cruz (sistered with Philadelphia) celebrated its 28th anniversary of repopulation. Many things took place. Here’s a short summary: May 1st – female football tournament with 8 different teams May 2nd – Vigil May 3rd – Mass with around 150 attendants May 4th – male football […]
(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 […]
We are looking for stories from committees about successful fund raising events and anti-mining solidarity events. We will feature these stories in our next e-bulletin and in a packet for organizing around the anti-mining fight. We want to share stories of creative, successful events and activities that will inspire others in the Sister Cities network. […]
CRIPDES San Vicente held its monthly Scholarship Student Program Assembly the 25th of August. Currently there are 19 scholarship students participating in the program, from the communities of San Bartolo, Guajoyo, Las Anonas, La Ceiba, amongst others. Sister Cities, through the support of the Philadelphia and Austin Committees, supports 14 of these scholarship students, with […]