In 2020, OPODNE led a widely praised health education campaign relying on radio and its network of local grassroots volunteer teams to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the Northeast. The campaign reached 35,000 people through local radio shows, training…
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 Deisy Cruz first got involved in improving her community, she began asking her neighbors what they wanted to see change. She heard about paving dirt streets, clean water and green spaces for children. When she dug deeper people told…
We are grassroots and faith organizations, with the support of faith leaders from Central America, Mexico and the United States, who believe in the fundamental dignity of each person, are conscious of the injustices committed against indigenous peoples and the…
The water crisis in El Salvador is dire. Four in ten people in rural areas lack drinking water. Many more families use highly contaminated water. Water service in urban areas is also very deficient. In San Salvador, many poorer communities…
Poverty has long been a function of landownership in El Salvador and across the globe. Historically, ownership of land in El Salvador has been highly concentrated in an elite group of wealthy families that control political power in the country…
