For the past 18 years, Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) has operated as a service center of the Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Now the Government of El Salvador has warned the Diocese to end its relationship with COFOA…
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. These efforts are always at risk when powerful governments decide they can…
Peru and Colombia: Faith in Action responds to invitations from Bishops, clergy, and faith leaders COFOA staff joined Faith in Action International Coordinator, Gordon Whitman, for meetings with clergy and community leaders in Lima, Peru, and Bogotá, Colombia. Over…
COFOA wins reprieve from anti-NGO law: The Salvadoran Government just exempted the Catholic Church from a new law imposing restrictions and high taxes on civic organizations that receive international donations. As a Service Center of the Diocese of Zacatecoluca, COFOA…
“I want to tell you that I'm grateful to God and grateful to all the people who supported this project. I have five children here who are studying, so it's a joy for me because they have the blessing of…
“Today I am happy because after 20 years fighting to obtain my deed, thanks to COFOA organizing, I can say that I am the owner of my own home. Nobody can take it away.”- Cindi Martinez, COFOA leader Cindi was…
Many people have asked how Faith in Action International’s work is impacted by Elon Musk’s dismantling USAID. Musk’s actions violate the constitutional separation of powers and have already caused great harm across the world. USAID provides lifesaving aid to people…
Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) is growing its organizing presence and power in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and providing a model to launch work in Mexico. In El Salvador, 2,335 COFOA leaders organizing efforts in138 communities to secure nearly…
Vanessa Acosta turned her lights came on for the first time on June 7. “This changed my life completely,” she said. “Now my kids can do their homework, I can charge my phone, and I store food so my family…
COFOA is growing because leaders are identifying and scaling up issues deeply felt in many local As President Bukele consolidates political power and centralizes control over funding, marginalized communities are uniting and pushing back. communities into a national campaign. On…
