For more information, contact: Brenda Peralta, [email protected], Joe Fleming, [email protected], Jesús de la Torre, [email protected]. The Root Causes Initiative, at the invitation of His Eminence Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini and the Initiative's Guatemalan partners, organized a delegation of faith leaders from…
Thirty grassroots leaders gathered for their second national leadership development session at the end of June to develop skills to expand their organizing efforts into new communities. Faith and government leaders provided testimony about the success of this organizing approach…
Seventy-five faith and civic organizations wrote President Biden and Vice President Harris calling for targeted Global Magnitsky Act financial sanctions on top Guatemalan officials and business elites responsible for undermining democracy and persecuting journalists, human rights activists, and anti-corruption prosecutors…
In June, Centre d’Agriculture Saint Barnabas (CASB), and Organisation Peuple Œcuménique pour le Developpment du Nord-Est (OPODNE) formalized an agreement to establish a seed bank in Northeast Haiti. OPODNE leadership teams have organized teams of farmers in sevent communities to…
On June 27, one hundred thirty COFOA leaders formally presented their proposal for a new law that would help deliver legal titles to more than 350,000 families across El Salvador. Deputies Claudia Ortiz, Francisco Lira, and twelve others from opposition…
Washington, DC - The Root Causes Initiative issued the following statement: “As a network of faith-based and grassroots organizations and religious leaders from Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. working to address the root causes of migration, we call on…
OPODNE and Faith in Action International's Way Forward in Haiti campaign sent a letter today to USAID Administrator Samantha Power, calling on her to change USAID's agricultural policy in Haiti to support small-scale farmers with the inputs they need to…
By Teresa Welsh // 23 June 2023 // Devex | USAID has made localization its mantra. But for one local farming organization in Haiti, it is not working as hoped and the strategy has become an arduous experience with little…
It is hard to read U.S. news about Haiti without wanting to help Haiti and Haitians. But when a country like Haiti faces complex crises, people who want to help can feel overwhelmed. Despite the daunting challenges facing Haiti, there…
In the rural areas outside Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, some families must travel seven hours on bad roads for hospital care. With support from the new Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, José Vicente Nácher, COFOA-Honduras is working to build support for…
