HAITI: Irrigation Equipment Enables Small-Holder Farmers to Alleviate Hunger
In 2023, OPODHA launched its “We Plant Today, So We Can Feed Our Families Tomorrow” campaign after listening to more than 4,000 smallholder farmers. In 2025, OPODHA used…
HAITI: Mutual Loan Funds Build Collective Economic Power
Amid the collapse of government services, rising violence, and economic instability, grassroots leaders from the People’s Organization for the Development of Haiti (OPODHA) are pooling their resources to…
EL SALVADOR: Land Rights Breakthrough Delivers Property Titles and Hope to Thousands of Families
In 2018, grassroots leaders from two communities in El Salvador worked with Comunidades de Fe Organizadas en Acción (COFOA) to obtain title to their land — an effort…
HONDURAS: Regional Medical Center Will Improve Health in Rural Communities
In 2023, Archbishop José Vicente Nácher Tatay invited COFOA to work with the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa to empower people to improve conditions in their communities. From the start,…
Our movement is growing
Faith in Action International has grown from 40 communities in 2019 to more than 360 in 2025. We're now supporting grassroots, bottom-up change in 13 countries in Latin…
2025 Impact Report: Making Democracy Work
In 2025, with democracy under stress globally, more than 9,000 people across 350 communities in 13 countries took the risk to stand up, speak out, and organize for…
One Struggle, One Strategy: Haiti, TPS, and Our Way Forward
“Faith cannot be neutral when families are put at risk,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, Executive Director of Faith in Action. On Tuesday, February 2, Bishop Dwayne Royster stood with…
Venezuela and the long shadow of U.S. power over Latin America
Alberto Velazquez directs COFOA, supporting organizing in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. “We've spent two decades developing grassroots leaders who are improving their communities and learning to govern themselves…
Haitian families face deportation if TPS expires
Jean Mirvil directs a school in Saint-Marc, Haiti, and chairs the board of OPODHA. He had to flee his school as gang violence spread north from Port-au-Prince. “I had to…
Congress finally passed the Haiti Criminal Collusion Act, a sign of hope at a difficult moment.
Faith in Action International issued the following statement on behalf of Francois Pierre-Louis and Claudette David in response to Congress passing the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act as part of…
Faith in Action Mexico Is Building Strong Teams Across Jalisco
Twenty-two leaders from four teams across Jalisco gathered for a mid-November retreat, where they affirmed their name—Faith in Action Mexico—as well as their mission and vision to build…
Organizing Takes Flight in Colombia
“The Church should not shut itself inside the temple. It must go into the streets to provide assistance, human development, and advocacy. I invited COFOA because we need…