The pandemic has shifted life in many ways. For CoCoDA, it forced us to think more creatively. We retooled our annual Febrero Fiesta fundraiser as a four-night internet event and TRIPLED donations and doubled attendance with people participating from a dozen states and five countries. We took our Sun and Water Conference virtual and have already seen nearly $85,000 pledged...
In October of 2017, CoCoDA held its first Sun and Water Conference in Suchitoto, El Salvador. That conference leveraged nearly $180,000 for four small, rural solar powered water projects serving about 1500 people in Central America. Based on the success of that initiative, CoCoDA had planned another conference in October of 2020. Of course, we hadn’t planned on a pandemic.That...
A virtual gathering of Central American community leaders and North American supporters to explore the incredible potential of using solar power to bring clean, affordable and sustainable water to rural Central Americans. The Need Since 2000, Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDA) has been partnering with Central American communities, local NGOs, Rotary International, local Rotary Clubs, and the Washington Ethical Society in building...
The CoCoDA Speakers Bureau is designed to create one-hour Zoom presentations that: Sustain positive connections between Central American and our partner universities, churches, and Clubs during the pandemic when face to face interactions in Central America are impractical. And, Generate revenue for CoCoDA during a period when we cannot sustain the income normally generated by delegations.These one-hour presentations could include...
