Salvadoran University Students Organize to Change Drug Laws
Many young people are being sent to prison for possession or use of marijuana and other minor infractions of drug laws. Salvadorans with a prison record have to wait five years to get clearance from the police to apply for…
COFOA Leaders Tackle Land Rights
Fifty leaders gathered on the main street of the small village of Galillee to press public officials to make sure they actually own the land they live on. At the conclusion of the war, government settled people on property in…
Fall Update from Central America: Caravan for Life, Justice and Peace
COFOA leaders joined the Caravan for Life, Justice and Peace through Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and the United State, bringing the stories of millions of people impacted by the failed war on drugs to the United Nations Special Session…
COFOA Leaders Meet with the Manager of FODAVIPO Regarding Faulty Property Deeds in Rosario
COFOA leaders from the village of Galilee in El Salvador met with the Manager of Social Inclusion for Fondo Nacional de Vivienda Popular (FODAVIPO), Salvador Antonio Sanchez, to learn about the status of deeds for 175 property owners in this community…
COFOA Youth Leaders Organize for Their Future
COFOA youth leaders continue their work to involve young people in solving the problems that affect them most directly - violence and lack of employment. Miriam Cicilia has been hired as a new youth organizer. She will focus her work…
COFOA Health Fair in Las Isletas Helps 300 People
Youth and adult leaders organized a health fair in Las Isletas in July where more than 300 people received medical attention. This town and the surrounding villages have only one doctor to serve 9000 people, causing long delays in basic…
University Student Leaders Meet to Consider Ways to Change Salvadoran Drug Policy
Following their involvement in the Caravan for Peace through Central America and Mexico to the United Nations Special Assembly on Drug Policy, COFOA leaders continue to press the need to challenge the failed “War against Drugs”. Realizing the need for…
Usulutan Rural Communities Organize Protest to Get Attention for Critical Issues
Metal poles supplying electricity to homes in local villages are electrocuting pigs in farmer’s fields-cutting into the small profit they make from their farming. Usulatan residents fear for the safety of their children given the electrical threat. And farmers can’t…
El Salvador Clergy Seek Support for Anti-Violence Work at US Congress, United Nations and the Faith Leaders.
Anglican Bishop Martin Barahona and Evangelical Pastor Fredy Segovia are members of El Salvador’s National Council for Security, advocating for prevention and intervention policies to reduce violence. Fr. Moises Lopez works with gang members in San Luis Talpa to provide…