Communities across Ghana face the challenge of overflowing garbage bins and piles of uncollected trash. When grassroots leaders from FAITH in Ghana Alliance ask their neighbors what change they want, better sanitation is often a top priority. And when it…
FAITH in Ghana Alliance held a “Train the Trainers” retreat in Techiman, Ghana to prepare thirty lay people and clergy to train and coach local multi-faith teams. The Alliance currently supports multi-faith organizing efforts in 29 communities in ten of…
Even as Haiti teeters on the edge of disaster, funders are beginning to recognize that their approach must shift from top down, externally designed programs to development designed and operated by local communities. On June 12, Inter America Foundation invited…
Vanessa Acosta turned her lights came on for the first time on June 7. “This changed my life completely,” she said. “Now my kids can do their homework, I can charge my phone, and I store food so my family…
Rwandan small farmers are increasingly seeing their crops lost to drought, hillside garden soil washed away by unseasonably heavy rains, and roofs blown off by strong winds. Now communities in the Kirehe District are joining together to take practical steps…
As a new Haitian government tries to get its footing and stem violence in Port au Prince, most Haitians outside the capitol are focused on feeding and protecting their families. OPODH is continuing to grow because leaders are addressing the…
COFOA is growing because leaders are identifying and scaling up issues deeply felt in many local As President Bukele consolidates political power and centralizes control over funding, marginalized communities are uniting and pushing back. communities into a national campaign. On…
Take a look at the exciting organizing highlights from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Real growth and concrete achievements are inspiring.
After Salvadoran President Bukele and his New Ideas Party won 80% of votes in national elections (54 of 60 legislators) in February, COFOA continued to engage more people in the March Mayoral elections. COFOA’s grassroots leaders organized forums with mayoral…
On our Thursday “Way Forward in Haiti” call, Monique Clesca, a key leader in the Montana Accord, a civil society effort to restore democracy in Haiti, will share how Haitian civic and religious leaders are helping build a transitional government…
