(Español abajo) Last Saturday CRIPDES celebrated its 19th annual assembly, in which they celebrated 40 years of community work. The assembly was attended by the different members, representatives of the regional offices and special guests, including US- El Salvador Sister Cities. During the assembly, the work that has been done during the last year […]
(Español abajo). The Executive Hydroelectric Commission of the Rio Lempa (CEL) and Ministry of Public Works continue to fail community members with lack of safety oversight. On June 14th, heavy rains hit El Salvador, prompting a 15 day state of emergency. Although the worst of the crisis has passed, the National Civil Protection System has […]
Last night, president Bukele broadcasted a pre-recorded video to showcase the new prison in Tecoluca, San Vicente. BBC Mundo writes: In the midst of an exception regime that restricts individual liberties, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Tuesday night the inauguration of a prison called the “Confinement center for Terrorism.” … In […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday the last assembly of the year was held with the beneficiaries of the scholarship program sponsored by the Austin and Philadelphia committees. 14 out of a total of 30 young people will complete their high school studies. Several of them were accompanied by their mothers, fathers or guardians. The participants […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) “The U.S. detained and expelled five times more Salvadorans in 2021 than in 2020,” ElSalvador.com reported earlier this year. Not even the COVID pandemic stopped the flow of people into the United States. The migrations project funded by Cornell and with the participation of a team from the University of Ithaca […]
You’re invited to this webinar where we will talk about the context leading to the phenomena of migration from El Salvador. We will also have guests from a rural community in San Vicente who will provide their own perspective of the situation. Guest speakers: Zulma Tobar and Mario Guevara, coordinators of Sister Cities in El […]
(ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO POR YSUCA) Kimberly Vásquez would have turned 8 in August, but her body could not support the jugular catheter for dialysis that she kept for 11 months. Renal failure ended her life on March 23, 2020, in the midst of a pandemic. She was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome at three years of […]
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 […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Since the end of this challenging 2020 is approaching, the coordinator of CRIPDES San Vicente, Esmeralda Villalta reflects on the challenges that the regional office has faced to promote the organization of women in the area and keep track of water projects, which It used to be the responsibility of Teresa […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Due to the COVID19 pandemic, meetings with high school scholars in San Vicente had been suspended. Today the group met again keeping their social distance. This space was used for the students to reflect on the challenges they have faced during these months. The promoter Alfredo López divided the participants into […]