Tag Archives: water rights

GoFundMe Teosinte

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In the past, we have already published about the challenges that Teosinte has faced when it comes to safe access to drinking water. Many proposed projects have come and gone. Since the community asked for help to try to change at least the pipes within the community, the Arlington committee decided […]

USESSC in solidarity with Stop line 3

The US El Salvador Sister City Network has worked in solidarity with the Salvadoran social movement and CRIPDES, a rural campesino organizing federation, since the mid 1980’s. This relationship was forged in a time of war and has deep roots. We have found that our struggle has often been around the defense of the environment, […]

Water Forum statement regarding Bukele’s proposal / Posición del Foro del Agua ante la propuesta de Bukele

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In May, the Legislative Assembly now controlled by the New Ideas party decided to archive the historic proposal that came from civil society to legislate the use of water, as well as the gender identity law and other bills that they considered “obsolete” for the current reality of El Salvador. Last […]

Access to water in Guajoyo / Apoyo para el acceso al agua en Guajoyo

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   The Guajoyo community has always had challenges providing access to water to all the people who live in its community. Although, originally, a water project was created to benefit the 4 communities that repopulated the area, the land in Guajoyo has different heights and the water does not arrive with the […]

MOFGA and Bangor: Water is life

MOFGA’s 2020 Common Ground Country Fair had to go virtual this year due to the COVID19 pandemic. The Bangor and MOFGA committees rose to the occasion and created a video where they could share what they learned during the December 2019 delegation to El Salvador.   Here’s their video:   Please check all the other […]

Water and migration, the failed subjects of the popular president Bukele

(Read the original article in spanish here)   The Salvadoran population points out two issues that should be a priority for President Nayib Bukele: serving migrant detainees in the southern United States and improving access and drinking water service. This is revealed by the evaluation survey of the first one hundred days of government conducted […]

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 […]

El Salvador’s water crisis – The Guardian

The Guardian recently wrote an article about the danger of having the private sector involved in the water supply system. “What we are going to have is a country that has less and less drinking water and that has a higher percentage of contaminated water,” said Andreu Oliva, the rector of Central American University José […]

A Letter to the New Jersey Committee

Below is a letter from community of San Isidro Labrador to the New Jersey committee: Dear Friends, The members of our organization, ADESCOSIL, send you the warmest regards and hope that God has granted you abundant blessings for all the efforts you carry out to support our organizations and students. They are grateful for all […]

International Sistering Exchange Delegation Options

As part of the International Sistering Exchange, there will be three simultaneous delegations in El Salvador from July 17-22 leading up to the international gathering. The delegations will provide an opportunity for those interested in international solidarity to meet several sistered communities in El Salvador as well as folks from different organizations. These delegations will […]