Seventy-five people from a dozen Haitian diaspora and faith-based organizations, including Faith in Florida, Faith in New Jersey, Faith in New York, Massachusetts Communities Action Network, Family Action Network Movement, National Haitian American Elected Officials Network, Institute for Justice and…
When OPODNE listened to more than 4,000 local farmers in Northeast Haiti, they heard repeatedly that farmers needed high-quality seeds and access to credit. One of the best ways to solve both those problems is a Community Seed Bank, which…
On September, 26 homeowners in Jujutla, El Salvador, finally received titles to their properties 28 years after paying for them. The pace of progress in fixing El Salvador's broken property title system is painfully slow, and COFOA leaders continue to…
COFOA's new organizing efforts in Honduras and Guatemala are growing and reaching a point where local teams are beginning to negotiate improvements in basic public health infrastructure. As in El Salvador, COFOA's approach is to start with local issues that…
Rwanda is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, which is bringing stronger floods and mudslides and drier dry seasons. In September, heavy storms severely damaged buildings and crops in Eastern Rwanda, killing four people in Nyarubuye, including…
The FAITH in Ghana Alliance's regional alliances identified eighteen communities across Ghana to pilot multi-faith community organizing. The regional alliances met with local religious and civic leaders, talked with local residents, and organized trainings for people to learn about multi-faith…
The day after 1,355 grassroots leaders demonstrated at the official residence of Salvadoran President Bukele, his Minister of Housing invited COFOA leaders to meet and resolve the issues preventing thousands of families from getting legal title to their properties. Minister…
The Presidents of each of OPODNE’s 62 member organizations and the boards of the Northeast and North chapters gathered for three days in Cap-Haitien in August. They launched new solidarity loan funds, beginning in 22 communities across Northeast Haiti. The…
Earlier this month, 49 community elected presidents from the People’s Organization for the Development of Northeast Haiti (OPODNE) met with representatives from l’Avancement du Secteur Agricole d’Haïti (RASAH) to discuss USAID funded programs in the Northeast. While the discussion did…
At the request of Catholic Cardinal Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, ten faith leaders from the U.S., Mexico, and Central America are traveling to Guatemala during national elections scheduled for August 20. The Root Causes Initiative organized the delegation in response…
