El Salvador: COFOA presses legislators to fix property laws. After staging a protest in front of local legislative offices, 60 COFOA leaders met with Assembly Deputy, Rosa Romero to press for and extension of legislation needed to permit development companies…
El Salvador: COFOA leaders push Development Corporation ARGOZ to speed up process for legalizing property titles. One hundred fifty COFOA leaders assembled from several communities where families have experienced years of delay by ARGOZ in getting their homes registered with…
El Salvador: “United we are stronger” is the banner under which 100 COFOA leaders from cities across La Paz Department gathered to reflect on their duties and faith and civic leaders. The unifying issue for most leaders was the campaign…
El Salvador: More than 140 COFOA leaders gather to reflect on their work in 2019. Fr. Jusinto Goriano called people together with a biblical reflection on the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (Mt 15: 29-39). Representatives from 13 communities…
El Salvador: 18 COFOA leaders pledge to build organizing efforts in their parishes. In the first gathering of COFOA leaders who had completed formation sessions earlier in the year designed to equip them with the skills of leader-organizers met and…
“I know that this community deals with poverty. People have great needs and violence makes people migrate to other countries. I know that through community organizing people can empower themselves, learn to negotiate with public officials, solve these problems, and…
We will be visiting with COFOA leaders in communities organized in 4 departments in El Salvador to learn about their work to bring public improvements (roads, bridges, parks), land reform and access to clean water to their communities. We will…
New COFOA organizations forming in San Salvador, La Libertad and La Paz Departments are tacking local issues and building power for a national effort. This month 150 leaders from six local communities in La Paz (linked article) came together for…
In the small rural community of San Juan Opico, COFOA leaders are working with Fr. Javier Miranda, parish priest of San Juan Evangelista Church, in the Buena Vista and Veracruz communities to access water for 600 families. They are exploring…
In Soyopango, Karla Arevinar is working with Brother Juan Beltran and leaders at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in the “Third of January” community. After community training sessions, leaders are doing door-to-door visits with families to listen to their concerns…
