More than 30 leaders are attending weekly seminars designed to build leadership teams that will be responsible for leading social justice efforts in 8 parishes in Zacetucoluca Diocese. The sessions are designed to explore psychological, social and political aspects of…
At the invitation of Fr. Hector Cruz, COFOA staff has initiated training with leaders from Our Lady of Guadalupe parish. Fr. Cruz is also the Vicar of the Monsignor Rivera Damas vicariate with parishes serving one of the most violent…
Sixty families owning property in three subdivisions in San Juan Talpa – Ponderosa 1 and 2 and Compala – have been unable to register their property because the developer failed to provide proper documents twenty years ago. Leaders have initiated…
For more than 30 years, sixty families in the Monte Cristo community have not had access to water in their homes. The mayor of San Juan Talpa initiated a project three years ago to address the issue, but no one…
Leaders from Santa Maria Ostuma continue a series of meetings with the mayor and city council to press for the allocation of funds to repair streets in the communities of San Sebastian, Chaperno and Loma Larga. Through research, leaders learned…
After initiating organizing at the invitation of Fr. Jose Leon, leaders from St. Rose of Lima Church met with their mayor to press for investment in the highest priority needs. These were identified through outreach to several thousand families in…
“My family has not had water for three months. We pay $20 per month, but we have no water. The Mayors and the Deputies are doing nothing. This is not right. COFOA has helped us organize to claim water as…
On September 22, more than 500 COFOA leaders marched to San Sebastián Analco church and confronted legislators representing the La Paz Department. Leaders demanded public support for a national water law to prevent privatization and a constitutional amendment to proclaim…
COFOA is bringing the voice of ordinary people into this countrywide movement. COFOA leader, Ana Cecelia Ortiz, spoke at the national press conference, “We have not had water for three months, but we still have to pay the bills. When…
“I would like to make an appeal to the dear Christians here: it is not forbidden to organize, it is a right, and at certain times, like today, it is also a duty, because the social, political demands must not…
