Across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Eastern Europe, grassroots leaders are organizing to win clean water, land rights, sustainable agriculture, affordable housing, quality health care, and good schools.
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More than 9,000 people across 350 communities in 14 countries are organizing to transform their lives, communities, and countries, in some of the most challenging places in the world.
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Haitian Diaspora: Efforts Intensify to Protect Haitian Families from Mass Deportation
After months of organizing, the House will be forced to vote in mid-April on legislation to extend TPS, while the…
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…
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Stories of bottom-up change
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…
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…
GHANA: Multi-faith leaders break ground on new health center
Baakoniaba Community Faith Alliance joined traditional leaders and local government officials on November 28, 2025, to break ground on a…
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