Families organizing under the COFOA banner in Santa Maria Ostuma have access to water only one day a week, but pay the same bill regardless of access. This is all too common across El Salvador. That is why COFOA is…
El Salvador: National Caritas staff leader, Daisy Rodríguez, and Vicar of Pastoral Social Ministries, Fr. Octavio Cruz, invited COFOA leaders to share their experience in organizing with leaders from ten vicariates in the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Motivated by the…
El Salvador: COFOA leaders met in March to examine their exercise of power in the political area. They celebrated success in securing funding for the Rio Roldan Bridge and advancing national legislation to secure titles of properties in La Galilea.…
Celebrating more than 40 years of history, nearly 300 PICO Network leaders met the first week of May to chart our future together. This history and future is embedded in PICO Network’s new name, Faith in Action. According to our…
El Salvador: Over lunch, COFOA leaders reviewed bridge designs and announced they had identified the $85,000 in materials and money needed to fill the gap to begin construction of the long promised Rio Roldan Bridge. After leaders demonstrated at the…
El Salvador: Sixty COFOA leaders boarded buses early April 26th to travel to the capitol building in San Salvador to press the legislative Commission on Public Works, Transportation, and Housing to pass the Presidential Decree providing clear title to properties…
COFOA also celebrates 10 years of work. The people of El Salvador continue to struggle with the legacy of war – violence, extortion, and fear. Political polarization results in continued repression, patronage, and corruption. Many people respond by hiding or…
COFOA also celebrates 10 years of work. The people of El Salvador continue to struggle with the legacy of war – violence, extortion, and fear. Political polarization results in continued repression, patronage, and corruption. Many people respond by hiding or…
With a vision to develop their ocean beach community as a tourist attraction, COFOA leaders from Puerto Avalos secured a commitment from the mayor of Jiquilisco to secure $270,000 to complete paving the road between the two towns. “It is…
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