“Let’s plant today to feed ourselves tomorrow” is the theme for the OPODNE General Assembly where 300 OPODNE leaders representing 23 communities will press local mayors, department level ministers, USAID and NGO leadership to support policies needed to help farmers…
“Don’t vote for people who won’t give you power to take care of yourself. This is the theme for our upcoming general assembly ” – Florcie Tyrell, OPODNE Executive Director Despite severe food scarcity, OPODNE leaders don’t want food-aid, they…
“I didn’t want to wait, so I asked others to join me in listening to our families and decide how we can meet their needs.” - Muteteri Charlotte, PICO Rwanda Nyarubuye leader After participating in a national leadership training session last December, Muteteri…
“We want to see our taxes reflected in improvements in our communities. That's why we're here now." Lisseth Morales, COFOA leader in San Cayetano, El Paisnal Lisseth joined 700 COFOA leaders from ten departments in front of the Presidential House on…
Lessons from a National Land Rights Campaign Goal of Case Study: This case study looks at the lessons for community organizers from a large-scale national land rights campaign in El Salvador. Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) is a…
Twenty grassroots leaders, clergy, and organizers from six countries traveled to El Salvador in May to see firsthand how COFOA has grown during the last four years. Over and over, we heard people stand up and identify themselves as leaders…
Over the past three months, OPODNE leaders have gone house-to-house in 22 communities in which the organization works to ask more than 2,000 small farmers what they need to survive and prosper. Farmers have told them they need tool banks…
Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) was founded 14 years ago at the initiative of Catholic Bishops from six Central American countries. While COFOA did some organizing in Guatemala and Honduras during its early years, the organization ended up…
In 2015, ahead of a national election, Ghanaian faith leaders from eight Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal religious bodies joined together as the FAITH in Ghana Alliance to assure peaceful voting and that both major political parties would abide by…
“I am glad our society has recognized the inner power and the strength we women have in our families and in public too. As a leader of my community, people trust and respect me. This makes me work even harder…
