Excitement was the rule of the day as Nyange leaders gathered to skype with engineers in the US to learn about a possible partnership to make and bake roofing tiles. PICO Rwanda is developing collaborative relationships between the people of…
Jean Mirvil recently was elected President of OPODNE by 100 delegates from across the Northeast District. He formerly was the principal of a middle school in Brooklyn, planning someday to retire to his native Haiti. Then he was invited to…
Grand Bassin OPODNE leaders numbering at 75 have begun a successful chicken cooperative, selling their first 200 chickens. These sales generated a growing demand for more chickens. Co-op members re-invested some of their profits to build new pens on land…
In advance of the fall visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez of Honduras is meeting with 200 PICO representatives from across the United States. Using Pope Francis’ Joy of the Gospel, Cardinal Rodriguez will talk about the…
Recognizing Pr. John’s role in the formation and growth of the Lutheran Church in Rwanda, church leaders overwhelmingly elected him to the position of Assistant to the Bishop. “People recognize that organizing is the key to developing and sustaining the…
Dufene Bendel relates the tragic history of Phaeton, formerly a thriving community supported by the sisal industry. Families had healthy livestock, horses and successful farms, and the town had its own airport. When the US pulled out in the 1980s,…
Two hundred leaders from across La Paz met with candidates from four major parties contending for seats in El Salvador’s legislature in advance of elections. Together with Caritas, a Catholic social service provider, they demanded passage of Article 69 which…
Seven years ago, Specioza adopted a little girl named Pico when her mother died in childbirth. It took Mumeya leaders 10 years to finish their health clinic. This year, they brought electricity to the clinic and the 10 surrounding villages…
Rusumo is the newest member of the PICO-Rwanda family. Ten years ago, people built a small clinic that government officials took for another use. Using PICO training and the example of Mumeya, Kranganwa Malindogo is joining his neighbors to try…
Thirty-five years after the assassination of Bishop Romero, Communidades de Fe Organizadas para la Accion continues the struggle in El Salvador for dignity and human rights. In 2014 the daily face of injustice is violence, forced migration, and poverty. In…
