ADES
Asociación de Desarrollo Económico Social, Santa Marta (ADES) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, formed on April 15, 1993, to attend to the economic and social needs of marginal communities, particularly the communities of repatriated war refugees in the northern zone of the department of Cabañas.
The objective of ADES is to contribute to the integrated development of communities in the department of Cabañas for the purpose of improving the quality of life and developing the organizational bases that will empower the communities to influence the definition and implementation of social and economic strategies on a local level. ADES works in the areas of popular education, women’s development, community health, community radio, and community organizing, with programs in five municipalities.
REDES
Fundación Salvadoreña para la Reconstrucción y el Desarrollo (REDES) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with the mission of contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of the economically and socially disadvantaged population of El Salvador. Since 1988, REDES has worked with displaced and dispossessed urban and rural sectors of the Salvadoran population for post-war reconstruction and for sustainable social and economic development.
Guided by the principle that people need to be subjects of their own development, REDES manages programs on a national level in the areas of micro-lending and business training, land reform, housing, agricultural and livestock production, disaster relief and environmental conservation. CRC and ADES are both member organizations of REDES.
CRC
The Comité de Reconstrucción y Desarrollo Económico-Social de las Comunidades de Suchitoto, Cuscatlán (CRC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in November, 1988 by 11 communities resettled by people displaced by the war in the department of Cuscatlán. CRC served as a representative organization for these communities during the armed conflict, to help generate social, economic, political and moral support.
Since 1993, the CRC has worked to support the development of 30 affiliated rural communities, coordinating, facilitating, planning, promoting, and executing projects for integrated development to bring about an improved quality of life in the communities. The CRC has active projects in the areas of women’s development, popular education, community health, community radio, sustainable agriculture, reforestation and environmental conservation.
CoCoSI
Asociación Comité contra el SIDA Cabañas, El Salvador (CoCoSI)
CoCoSI is a nonprofit organization that works with adolescents, LGBTIQ+ youth, and people living with HIV in Cabañas, El Salvador. The organization provides education, advocacy, and support in response to the persistent structural conditions that make it difficult for LGBTIQ+ youth to fully exercise their human rights; these young people face high levels of stigmatization, discrimination, and bullying in school due to prejudices related to their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
ALDEMA
Asociación de Desarrollo y Liderazgo en Madriz (ALDEMA)
is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to implementing initiatives to support local economic development and risk management for communities living in conditions of economic, social, and environmental vulnerability in the departments of Madriz, Nueva Segovia, and Jinotega, in Nicaragua.
ALDEMA is committed to the sustainable, ecological, and social development of families and communities. It promotes respect, equal rights, gender equity, the preservation of cultural identity, and active participation in social, economic, and development processes. ALDEMA’s project proposals come directly from the community needs of the people with whom it collaborates.
ALDEMA’s areas of work include Education, Environment, Agriculture, Water, and Risk Management.
