For more information, contact: Brenda Peralta, causasraizgt@gmail.com, Joe Fleming, jfleming@faithinaction.org, Jesús de la Torre, jdelatorre@hopeborder.org. The Root Causes Initiative, at the invitation of His Eminence Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini and the Initiative's Guatemalan partners, organized a delegation of faith leaders from…
Seventy-five faith and civic organizations wrote President Biden and Vice President Harris calling for targeted Global Magnitsky Act financial sanctions on top Guatemalan officials and business elites responsible for undermining democracy and persecuting journalists, human rights activists, and anti-corruption prosecutors…
Washington, DC - The Root Causes Initiative issued the following statement: “As a network of faith-based and grassroots organizations and religious leaders from Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. working to address the root causes of migration, we call on…
In the rural areas outside Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, some families must travel seven hours on bad roads for hospital care. With support from the new Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, José Vicente Nácher, COFOA-Honduras is working to build support for…
Beginning in May, a team of youth leaders from Immaculate Conception parish organized an outreach to more than 500 families to identify community needs and raise awareness among people to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections. At…
Over the past two month, COFOA organized communities celebrated 14 new development projects completed through government investments of $607,388. Organized efforts have resulted in bringing electricity to the community of San Cayetano, San Salvador; school construction in Citalá, Cuscatlan; potable water…
With so many problems facing the world it's not easy to figure out where to start making change. Good grassroots community organizing begins with people working together locally to create change in their communities. "Start with people where they are,…
It’s been amazing to watch what’s happening in Haiti. Despite daunting challenges, over the past year, the People’s Organization for the Development of Northeast Haiti, under Florcie Tyrell’s leadership, has doubled the number of communities where it supports grassroots organizing,…
“Seven thousand people would benefit from this clinic. There are many needs here. People who undergo dialysis, pregnant women, among others." - Douglas Tobar. COFOA leader in El Zuncita Douglas, 52, says since 2014 he has to leave his house…
COFOA leaders in Honduras, with the support of three new community organizers, gathered in January for an assembly to affirm the need to construct a regional hospital. These leaders come from the municipalities of Marale, Cedros, El Porvenir, and San…
