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…
“I am deeply moved by the stories shared by the leaders in El Salvador. I think we are ready to begin this work in Guadalajara Mexico.” – Fr. Joel Sanchez, Social Pastoral Ministry Fr. Joel and seventeen other leaders from Mexico,…
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…
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…
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…
As Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has consolidated control over politics in El Salvador, Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) has not stopped organizing to hold his government accountable to meet the needs of the most vulnerable families and communities.…
Born out of frustration with decades partisan corruption, the people of El Salvador will likely re-elect Nayib Bukele as president of El Salvador and representatives of his New Ideas Party to a significant majority in the legislature next month. Building…
Two hundred sixty nine people made donations of $195,118 at the end of last year that were matched by our friends, John and Sue Sobrato. This investment nourishes seeds of power in Central America. Thank You! Communities of Faith Organizing…
