Haiti: Women sustain community through severe hardship
“I was born into a mixed family. My father was wealthy and my mother was poor. My father died when I was just a baby. None of my family wanted to help us, so I learned from an early age…
El Salvador: COFOA women are leading change
“Working together, we have accomplished some projects that have been a real benefit in our communities.” –Martha Gomez, San Pedro Nonualco. Watch her Mother’s Day message here. El Salvador is one of the most dangerous places in the western hemisphere…
Haiti: Organizing sustains community through severe hardship
“This is a very hard time for us. We are suffering a severe drought and have lost half our banana plants. There is no government to help, so we must rely on one another” – Marc Aurel, Capotille leader. Marc…
OPODNE is developing a new generation of leaders
OPODNE was founded in 2014 when hundreds of leaders gathered in the spirit of Ubuntu. That spirit of solidarity is alive today as communities organize to rebuild Haiti. During the past years, the Haitian government has become even more dysfunctional…
Organizing sustains community through severe hardship
“This is a very hard time for us. We are suffering a severe drought and have lost half our banana plants. There is no government to help, so we must rely on one another” – Marc Aurel, OPODNE leader. Organizing…
Rwanda: Leaders becoming organizers
“I have dreamed about this day when ordinary people are training others to organize their own communities and make government officials accountable.”- Pr. John, PICO Rwanda Executive Director PICO Rwanda leaders, Specioza, Ezra, and Poline are training communities to organize…
PICO Rwanda plans growth from the ground up
“I have dreamed about this day when ordinary people are training others to organize their own communities and make government officials accountable.”- Pr. John, PICO Rwanda Executive Director PICO Rwanda has a goal to organize across Rwanda and then in…
El Salvador: Dedicating the bridge over the Rio Roldan
“No political party made this happen. This bridge was built because of our organizing.” - Juan Ramon, COFOA leaders. Anglican Bishop David Alvarado and government officials joined Juan Ramon and 1,000 people in Usulutan to dedicate the new bridge over…
COFOA expands power base to address critical issues in El Salvador
Today, surging violence, government corruption, lack of jobs and a growing environmental crisis are forcing people to flee their country. Striving to help more people in their struggle, COFOA is building power by bringing organizing to other parts of the…
El Salvador: Dedicating the bridge over the Rio Roldan
“No political party made this happen. This bridge was built because of our organizing.” - Juan Ramon Navarro, COFOA leaders. In March, Juan Ramon and more than a thousand people gathered for a great celebration to dedicate the bridge over…