Thank you for your interest in helping the people of El Salvador! The rich history of this beautiful country is defended every day by its dedicated citizens, but the help of concerned citizens abroad goes a long way to providing resources and recognition to these folks.
Below are some organizations that we have become partners with over the past few years. They will lead you in the right direction in how to help.
http://www.cispes.org/index.php
CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador) is a national, grassroots, solidarity organization. It has been working since 1980 in solidarity with the FMLN (Farabundo Martà National Liberation Front) and the Salvadoran social justice movement to promote an alternative to the oppressive US-backed policies of the Salvadoran right. Today, eighteen years after the signing of the Salvadoran Peace Accords, the struggle for a more just society continues on many socio-economic fronts.
CISPES currently works to promote a cross-border movement that can confront the injustices of the neoliberal economic model that is ravaging El Salvador and much of the globe. In 2009 a tremendous victory was won for the CISPES campaign by stopping U.S. intervention in the presidential elections in El Salvador, accompanying the Salvadoran people in the victory of the left for the first time ever. The campaign now focuses on stopping destructive corporate gold mining projects in El Salvador and the lawsuits brought by 2 North American Mining Corporations under CAFTA, the Central America Free Trade Agreement.
Local CISPES chapters around the country mobilize and organize volunteer activists to carry out national CISPES campaigns supporting the movement in El Salvador, and in opposition to US economic and military aggression in Latin America. Chapters also play an active role in coalitions with other groups on issues such as immigrants' rights, fair trade, supporting the leftward shift in Latin America, and opposition to US militarism and corporate-driven globalization. In addition to coordinating speakers' tours, delegations to El Salvador, cultural and educational events and public protests, CISPES raises funds for alternative solutions in El Salvador, supporting directly the grassroots organizing efforts of labor unions, the youth movement, and the women's movement.
