In 2018, grassroots leaders from two communities in El Salvador worked with Comunidades de Fe Organizadas en Acción (COFOA) to obtain title to their land — an effort that would grow into a national campaign affecting hundreds of thousands of…
Alberto Velazquez directs COFOA, supporting organizing in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. “We've spent two decades developing grassroots leaders who are improving their communities and learning to govern themselves. These efforts are always at risk when powerful governments decide they can…
Peru and Colombia: Faith in Action responds to invitations from Bishops, clergy, and faith leaders COFOA staff joined Faith in Action International Coordinator, Gordon Whitman, for meetings with clergy and community leaders in Lima, Peru, and Bogotá, Colombia. Over…
COFOA wins reprieve from anti-NGO law: The Salvadoran Government just exempted the Catholic Church from a new law imposing restrictions and high taxes on civic organizations that receive international donations. As a Service Center of the Diocese of Zacatecoluca, COFOA…
Zacatecoluca, El Salvador — Salvadoran Housing Minister Michelle Sol announced that the government has regularized the land titles of 61,333 families and is prepared to move forward with delivering official deeds. If realized, this would mark a significant victory for…
“As an Evangelical Christian, I am against mining because mining is death—it destroys the environment that God created. As Christians, we must defend the earth and care for it.” Suyapa de Faustino Suyapa and dozens of other mothers are speaking out…
Read about the progress COFOA leaders made in March to win legal title to their properties, rally Salvadorans against the reintroduction of mining which would devastae El Salvador's fragile water system, and win schools, potable water, electricity and better roads…
“I want to tell you that I'm grateful to God and grateful to all the people who supported this project. I have five children here who are studying, so it's a joy for me because they have the blessing of…
“Today I am happy because after 20 years fighting to obtain my deed, thanks to COFOA organizing, I can say that I am the owner of my own home. Nobody can take it away.”- Cindi Martinez, COFOA leader Cindi was…
Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) is growing its organizing presence and power in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and providing a model to launch work in Mexico. In El Salvador, 2,335 COFOA leaders organizing efforts in138 communities to secure nearly…
