In Haiti’s North and Northeast Departments, OPODHA leaders are preparing for a general assembly at the end of August that will bring more than 500 members together with Departmental Directors of Agriculture and other officials to secure commitments to support…
In Francisco Morazán, COFOA-Honduras has united local communities, mayors, and legislators to advance two regional priorities: a regional health facility serving the north of the department, and the paving of a 17-kilometer stretch of highway in the south. In July,…
OPODHA’s campaign, We Plant Today So We Can Feed Ourselves Tomorrow, has reached a crossroads. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) finally agreed, under pressure, to meet with OPODHA and its partners to discuss their Smallholder Farmer Platform, but the bank is refusing…
Smallholder farmers in North and Northeast Haiti are pressing the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to change how it invests in Haitian agriculture. Eighty-five peasant and civic organizations have sent the IDB a platform titled We Plant Today So We Can…
15 Lujza Street in Budapest, Hungary, is home to 14 families — and a story of what organized people can win. The building is one of 120 public housing properties in Józsefváros, an ethnically and economically diverse district in the…
For the first time, COFOA’s community organizing model is taking root in South America—in the hills of Soacha, Colombia, where tens of thousands of families live without reliable water, paved roads, or legal land titles. Starting in Soacha In January…
In Rehoboth, Namibia, a new organizing effort is beginning to take shape—grounded in relationships, faith, and the leadership of local residents. The work is being led by Rev. Colin Perceval Gertze, a Methodist minister and community organizer, who is being…
Across the department of Francisco Morazán, Honduras, community leaders are coming together to take on long-standing challenges—especially access to water, health care, and basic infrastructure. In La Mina, residents described the difficulty of reaching services when roads are in poor…
After months of organizing, the House will be forced to vote in mid-April on legislation to extend TPS, while the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the Haiti and Syria TPS cases on April 29. Efforts to protect…
For the past 18 years, Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) has operated as a service center of the Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Now the Government of El Salvador has warned the Diocese to end its relationship with COFOA…
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