A strategy for fundamentally changing U.S. policy toward Haiti As Haitian-American diaspora faith communities representing many of the more than one-million Haitians in the U.S. and allies, we urge President Biden to stand unequivocally with the courageous individuals and organizations…
Thanks to your prayers, support, and donations the leaders in El Salvador, Rwanda and Haiti are able to celebrate a decade of successes. Thanks to 214 donors, we raised $222,000 to finish 2019! With your continued help, we will support these…
Fighting for water in Soyopango. “Clean water for me, for you, for everyone; every day” is the cry of COFOA leaders from the Los Santos neighborhood who met with Councilwoman Demaris Medina and other officials to find out what the…
In La Paz, 150 leaders from six communities are gathering to sustain their land reform campaign against large development corporations like ARGOZ whose shady business practices have prevented these families from securing legal title to the land they purchased to…
Corruption is nearly a way of life in Haiti. Ordinary people experience government, NGO, and corporate corruption every day. Millions of dollars in foreign aid disappear before they reach the people who are supposed to benefit. OPODNE is courageously challenging…
Rwanda: Student Fellows from Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have arrived and are working with PICO Rwanda leaders on two projects. The first is to create digital videos that profile PICO Rwanda leaders and their collective efforts.…
We are happy to report that the chicken cooperative in Grand Bassin is up and running again. For the past year, the cooperative had been sidelined because the conflict with Dominican Republic had closed the border and they were not…
Join us on #givingtuesday#picointernational. Your donation will be matched. “This project has changed my life because ignorance is a disease... Now, we are happy and work together. We are able to build houses .... people who do not live in…
A team of engineering students from Santa Clara University travelled again this year to assist PICO Rwanda leaders in Nyange improve their tile making technology. Much of their week in Nyange was devoted to strengthening the tile press to make…
COFOA leaders from Saint Teresa Parish hosted a community celebration to mark the commitment by the Mayor, Morena Marvin de Canales, to begin repair of the main road in El Llano. The city’s investment of $140,000 will improve nearly a…