Faith groups call on Biden Administration to treat Honduran Exodus as Refugee Crisis
Faith groups call on Biden Administration to treat Honduran Exodus as Refugee Crisis Washington, DC – The Root Causes Initiative, a network of 340 faith-based, indigenous, and grassroots organizations and…
How it adds up
We are so proud of the unstoppable leaders in El Salvador, Rwanda, and Haiti who pressed through the troubles of the past year to protect families from the…
El Salvador: COFOA’s land reform campaign will benefit 300,000 families
COFOA launched a national land rights campaign this past year. The RENACER (meaning reborn) campaign is giving hope to thousands of families across El Salvador. Approached by a…
Rwanda: Clinics built by local communities undergird a national health system and spark development
Fifteen years ago, Pastor John Rutsindintwarane began teaching community organizing to leaders in the isolated rural community of Mumeya. They chose the construction of a health clinic as…
Haiti: How modeling accountable community leadership can leverage institutional change
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…
Please join us in supporting grassroots leaders across the globe
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.…
Unstoppable leaders in Rwanda will open new clinic next month
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…
Unstoppable in their fight against COVID in Haiti
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…
The story behind the story of the fight for land reform in El Salvador
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…
ROOT CAUSES POLICY FRAMEWORK
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…