In June, Florcie Tyrell, Director of Organisation Peuple Œcuménique pour le Developpment du Nord-Est (OPODNE) asked for help to push the U.S. to send vaccines to Haiti, one of just five countries that had not received a single dose. More…
Greetings! During a hard year, grassroots leaders across the world drew inspiration from each other to improve life in their communities and countries. More than ever, we’re learning and working together across borders to break through obstacles to change. With…
On May 9th, we celebrate Mother’s Day. As you read in our 2020 Impact Report, moms in our organizations in El Salvador, Rwanda and Haiti are the heart and soul of efforts underway to meet the needs of their families…
“We will be heard! We need the deeds to our homes so we can live in dignity. Our fight will continue, and we will grow stronger.” – Patricia de Gonzalez, COFOA leader On April 30, COFOA’s women leaders were at the…
This year we have shared stories of grassroots leaders working for change across the world that began with an ordinary person deciding to stand up and get involved. When people decide to join an effort to change their community they…
Next month grassroots leaders from Nyarubuye, Rwanda will celebrate the opening of a new medical clinic that will serve 20,000 people who currently lack access to primary health care. This is the third large-scale clinic our partners in Rwanda have…
In April as we were all trying to figure out how to adapt to COVID we checked in with Florcie Tyrell, who leads Faith in Action International’s Haiti affiliate. She let us know how at-risk Northeast Haiti was to the…
"When we learned of deaths from COVID in the Northeast, OPODNE leaders decided to tak action even if government would not assume its proper roles to protect people." - Doctor Louis Cloney, OPODNE leader This year, in the face of government collapse,…
“I am amazed at the change I am seeing in my community. Twenty-five years ago, thousands died in the genocide. Now we are united in building this clinic. - Charlotte, PICO Rwanda leader in Nyarubuye This year, Charlote and thousands of…
."We have been fighting for many years for legal deeds to our property. Thanks to organizing, our families now have real titles to their homes.” - Yessenia Escobar, COFOA leader in La Galilea Yessenia and COFOA leaders led the year…
