In 2022, PICO Rwanda leaders from seven districts applied their learning and experience to protect the environment, build roads and schools, sustain new health clinics, and teach others to organize. Pastor John and Fr. Innocent took these lessons to support…
In March and April 2022, OPODNE surveyed 4,000 farmers in the Northeast Department. In August, three hundred leaders gathered to launch a campaign to revitalize local agriculture and fight hunger. OPODNE is organizing farmers into cooperatives and pushing USAID and…
"So many families do not have enough to eat while land lies fallow. We met with USAID and asked them to find a different way to invest in Haiti and help farmers grow enough food to feed our families. We…
“Nyarubuye was devastated by the genocide twenty-eight years ago. Now organizing is teaching us how to rely on one another. We are using these skills to unite our community and build clinics, schools and roads. We have a duty to…
“A year ago, the Minister of Housing said that many of us would get our deeds. Only one-hundred-fifty families out of six thousand have seen results. We all paid for our homes. We all deserve dignity. We all deserve justice.…
When Florcie Tyrell was growing up in the 1980s, Haiti fed itself. Now most food is imported. With inflation skyrocketing, half the country faces hunger, waking up each day without knowing how they will feed themselves. Today, Florcie leads OPODNE…
A year ago, leaders from Nyarubuye celebrated the opening of the third clinic constructed by PICO Rwanda leaders. Now, veteran grassroots leaders are traveling to nearby villages to teach new leaders the organizing tools they are using to build schools, protect…
Earlier this month, 200 leaders from Comunidades de Fe Organizadas en Accion (COFOA) gathered to celebrate fifteen years of successful work. Your donations have enabled COFOA to hire two-dozen residents and young professionals who are working with grassroots teams in…
In August, three hundred leaders from Organization of People for the Development of Northeast Haiti (OPODNE) used their General Assembly to launch a campaign against hunger, "We PLANT TODAY SO WE CAN FEED OURSELVES TOMORROW". They’re pushing aid agencies sign a covenant to…
“We are not going to stop until they deliver the deeds”, said Heidi de Henriquez. In September. 800 leaders of the Communities of Faith Organized in Action (COFOA), from ten departments, gathered outside the Ministry of Housing offices to demand…
