Rwanda: Nyange youth leader takes action to save their cooperative. When the Faith in Action International delegation visited Nyange in early December to see the great progress made over the past year, we heard Sarah tell her story. Sarah reported…
El Salvador: COFOA leaders in Soyopango choose water as their most urgent need. More than 75 leaders from three neighborhoods gathered at St. Francis Assisi Parish to prioritize the issues they heard from hundreds of households in Soypango. One leader,…
“I am thankful to Pr. John and Fr. Innocent for the confidence they have her. Good teachers inspire. We have been light to other people in community. Cell leaders are now asking us to do training in their villages. Good…
While the people of Haiti continue to suffer due to government dysfunction, OPODNE leaders are encouraging young people to practice the values of community responsibility and civic pride. Even though OPODNE staff are unable to travel to remote locations in…
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…
“I am pleased to host this PICO Rwanda training at my church. I have been here for four years. I have seen the method of PICO Rwanda and am very impressed. I am already using it in my church. Besides…
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…
