Working with young people to transform their communities
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ADES Santa Marta launched an Advanced Leadership Development School with more than 20 young people from Victoria and Guacotecti in Cabañas and Suchitoto in Cuscatlán. All of the young people have participated in basic leadership processes before, but this workshop is specifically for developing a more advanced leadership level.
A forum for the defense of our land and life
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More than 100 leaders from communities in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala met for the “Community Struggles for the Defense of our Land and Life” forum.
Cabañas water councils defend their rights
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Fourteen water councils from across Cabañas, accompanied by ADES and the Health Forum, delivered a letter to the Legislative Assembly in Cabañas this morning, demanding no water privatization.
Health reforms advance
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ADES Santa Marta participated in Cabañas’ Ministry of Health report-back, held at the Catholic University of El Salvador in Ilobasco, Cabañas. The governor of Cabañas, Gloria Yaneth Saravia de Molina opened the event, followed by the Minister of Health, Violeta Menjivar, who spoke about the achievements and challenges facing El Salvador’s health system.
The mining threat remains in El Salvador
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In a press conference the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining expressed the need to be “alert and continue articulating the resistance movement in defense of our land, in the face of Oceana Gold’s foolish decision to stay in the country.”
