Nestor Manfredy’s Leadership Changes Lives in El Salvador
View a slide show -I AM A LEADER: Nestor Manfredy is changing lives in El Salvador “COFOA training is teaching me to be a better leader. I am putting this learning into practice with my community and my youth group…
Marie St-Fluer’s Leadership Changes Lives in Haiti
View a slide show of Marie's work as and OPODNE leader "The community feels that OPODNE is already making a difference in their life.” - Marie St-Fleur High in the mountains of Northeast Haiti, Mombin Crochu is nearly inaccessible because…
Specioza’s Leadership Changes Lives in Mumeya
View a slide show of Specioza's work as a PICO Rwanda leader "PICO-Rwanda's training makes me think in a different perspective. I have learned skills that have built my confidence which allows me to deal with new situations and deepen…
The Roof is on the Health Clinic in Rusumo
The roof has been completed at the Rusumo health clinic and it took only a year to build. Filled with energy and a sense of urgency, Rusumo leaders began organizing late last year. More than 3000 villagers identified a clinic…
Hurricane Matthew Impacts OPODNE
OPODNE leaders are demonstrating remarkable resiliency and determination in the face of continuing challenges of natural disasters and government dysfunction. Hurricane Matthew destroyed property and flooded land denuded by decades of environmental degradation. National elections have been delayed for months, leaving local communities with…
Salvadoran University Students Organize to Change Drug Laws
Many young people are being sent to prison for possession or use of marijuana and other minor infractions of drug laws. Salvadorans with a prison record have to wait five years to get clearance from the police to apply for…
Water Comes to 30,000 Villagers in Mumeya
“Water is life!” has been the mantra for Mumeya leaders as they sustained a five year effort that finally brought water to their health clinic, disease prevention center, community school and 30,000 people in the 10 surrounding villages. As with…
Thanks to Lorie and Baxter Rice, OPODNE Can Launch a Sorghum Co-op
Thanks to a generous donation from Lorie and Baxter Rice, OPODNE leaders in Mombin Crochu have the funds needed to match the World Bank investment of $75,000 and launch their sorghum cooperative. OPODNE has formed a farmer’s cooperative and has…
COFOA Leaders Tackle Land Rights
Fifty leaders gathered on the main street of the small village of Galillee to press public officials to make sure they actually own the land they live on. At the conclusion of the war, government settled people on property in…