Let’s plant today so we can feed ourselves tomorrow.
With hunger rising in Haiti, 300 grassroots leaders, clergy, and allies from the People ’s Organization for the Development of Northeast Haiti (OPODNE) gathered for a general assembly…
Restoring the Capacity of Haitians to Feed Themselves
With hunger rising in Haiti, 300 grassroots leaders from the People’s Organization for the Development of Northeast Haiti (OPODNE) gathered in August 2022 to launch a campaign to…
How a Health Center Transformed Life in Mumeya, Rwanda
When local residents in Mumeya, a rural community in Eastern Rwanda, first began working with Faith in Action International they had to cross the border into Burundi to…
The Struggle for Land Rights in El Salvador
One in five Salvadoran families lives on land they don’t own. They’ve been defrauded by developers. Without legal ownership, families cannot sell their property or borrow to make…
Faith leaders urge USAID to channel more life-saving aid to Haiti through local Haitian organizations and farmers
Washington, DC. Faith in Action International, which has supported grassroots organizing in Haiti since 2014, welcomed USAID’s announcement today that it is sending an additional $56.5 million to Haiti to respond to…
Central America: COFOA’s continued growth in 2022 lays the foundation for even more impact in 2023
In 2022, COFOA expanded its work to ten of the fourteen departments in El Salvador and launched organizing in Guatemala and Honduras. Thousands of grassroots leaders from 150…
Rwanda: Leaders sustain community work in 2022 and provide seeds for more organizing across Africa
In 2022, PICO Rwanda leaders from seven districts applied their learning and experience to protect the environment, build roads and schools, sustain new health clinics, and teach others…
Happy New Year
At a time of so much uncertainty in the world, we want to thank everyone who helped make 2022 a successful year for Faith in Action International and…
Haiti: OPODNE fights hunger and poverty through its “We plant today, so we can eat tomorrow” campaign.
In March and April 2022, OPODNE surveyed 4,000 farmers in the Northeast Department. In August, three hundred leaders gathered to launch a campaign to revitalize local agriculture. OPODNE…
Haiti: OPODNE leaders like Marie are organizing farmers to combat hunger and feed families
"So many families do not have enough to eat while land lies fallow. We met with USAID and asked them to find a different way to invest in…
Rwanda: Faith in Action leaders like Charlotte are organizing rural villages to build clinics, schools and roads
“Nyarubuye was devastated by the genocide twenty-eight years ago. Now organizing is teaching us how to rely on one another. We are using these skills to unite our…
El Salvador: COFOA leaders like Heidi are fighting for housing dignity
“A year ago, the Minister of Housing said that many of us would get our deeds. Only one-hundred-fifty families out of six thousand have seen results. We all…