Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) is growing its organizing presence and power in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and providing a model to launch work in Mexico. In El Salvador, 2,335 COFOA leaders organizing efforts in138 communities to secure nearly…
Community organizing that began in rural Mumeya, Rwanda, has spread across Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ghana. Grassroots leaders in Rwanda are now working as organizers in 21 communities, teaching and coaching teams in new villages and leading an effort that planted 45,000…
Amid widespread hunger and government collapse, the People’s Organization for the Development of Haiti (OPODHA) continues to organize and grow. More than 5,500 OPODHA members in 64 communities organized to generate income, make community improvements, and prevent conflict in the absence of…
Haitian diaspora, faith, and civic organizations sent a letter today to President Biden and Vice President Harris asking them to take immediate steps between now and January 20, 2025, to protect Haitian immigrants and support Haitian efforts to respond to…
Anpil moun gen anpil enkyetid konsènan konsekans rezilta eleksyon Ozetazini yo genyen pou moun k ap òganize pou chanjman sosyal atravè mond lan. Nou ap tcheke avèk sè ak frè nou yo ki soti nan afilye Faith in Action International…
Last Wednesday, grassroots leaders from Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) in Honduras unloaded hundreds of meters of plastic pipe that they will help install to bring clean, drinkable water to 245 homes in the small village of Guadalupe,…
Rwanda is especially vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly severe floods, droughts, and landslides are directly impacting life across the country, including the work that PICO Rwanda has done to build houses, clinics, schools, roads, and economic development projects in rural…
Sixty-six grassroots leaders from Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) in Las Brisas del Paraíso, El Salvador, met with Gilberto Mejia, an engineer from the national electricity supplier, to learn how their homes could be connected to the grid…
Maria Tania Rodriguez joined a panel of grassroots leaders and organizers from Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) at a press conference on Tuesday, October 1, to share their stories and announce their campaign for the constitutional right to…
“All government power comes from the people. We demand that our government follow the constitution.” – COFOA letter to the National Legislative Assembly On September 23, Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) delivered a letter signed by 1,656 grassroots…
