The planning for this three-month stay in El Papaturro with USESSC started just over a year ago, but my connection to this sistered community started before I was born. My mother visited El Papaturro as a college student at the University of Central America, where she conducted and recorded interviews with survivors of human rights […]
(ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last weekend, a gathering was held with young people from different communities of Suchitoto. It was organized and promoted by the youth secretariat of PROGRESO. A total of 34 young people who do not yet belong to any area of organizational work and others who are already part of Youth Committees, women’s committees, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) In 2020, USESSC said goodbye to two other committees that could no longer keep their commitments with their sistered communities. We had to say goodbye to the relationship between Wichita and La Bermuda, and the one between Manhattan and El Papaturro. That sadly means we will have less resources to support […]
(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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Thanks to the donations made to our fundraising due to the COVID crisis and tropical storms Amanda and Cristóbal, The U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities Network was able to raise 19,763 dollars that have been used for the organization and delivery of food kits to communities affected in the five CRIPDES […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) The five regions of CRIPDES have provided support to a total of 2,381 rural families so far. Each of the regionals received support from the projects that were already running in their area. The SHARE Foundation and Sister Cities also contributed. CRIPDES’ board of directors decided where these funds would be […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) On Friday, CRIPDES regional in Suchitoto, PROGRESO, made the first delivery of groceries to 74 families in the communities with which this effort began, Agua Caliente and Pepeistenango. PROGRESO is very grateful to the entire population who, from their communities and homes, make an effort to combat the COVID-19 virus by […]
Today we want to share letters from Celina and Ercilia. Celina, from the Agua Caliente community, is in her fifth year of Modern Languages at the National University. Ercilia, from Marianella, is in her fourth year of English at the Universidad Tecnológica. We think it is important to showcase the realities people face in the […]
On Wednesday, March 26th, 11 young community leaders, including 2 Sister City scholarship students – Geovanni and Emerson – were sentenced to 4 years in prison for “illicit organization,” which is another way of accusing them of being gang members. While Geovany and Emerson where well known within Sister Cities and other international organizations because of […]
