News

20Mar

Rotary Tour to El Salvador, June 9-14, 2022

COME SEE WHAT ROTARIANS HAVE ACCOMPLISHEDIn 2021, Rotarians across the US and Canada have contributed over $31,000 to the construction of solar-powered water systems in Central America in collaboration with CoCoDA.  The first of these projects is complete.  $3,500 of these funds came from Ohio Rotary clubs.Ohio Rotarians are invited to celebrate the inauguration of the Acrasame Solar Powered Water...

Continuing Education Program
02Oct

CoCoDA Adjusts to the Pandemic

The pandemic has changed life for all of us – in the United States and in Central America.  One of the chief challenges for CoCoDA has been how to continue to meet our mission of connecting North Americans and Central Americans. We had to cancel all delegations during 2020 and 2021. With the Delta variant hitting Central America this month, we cancelled...

09Apr

Feb 2024 IU Med Student Delegation to El Salvador

The delegation of medical students from Indiana University arrived in El Salvador on January 28, 2024 and stayed in the municipality of Suchitoto for 4 weeks during which they did their rotations in medical centers and received Spanish classes.From January 28 to 31, the delegation stayed in the capital San Salvador for orientation days led by CoCoDA’s director in El...

02Apr

The Newly Launched Teresa Batto Teacher Fund

This fund will fund up to two new teachers at the Las Delicias school in El Salvador for the next five years.On Thursday, February 8th, CoCoDA, our partner CRC and the Batto family announced the establishment of the Teresa Batto Teacher Fund. The teachers at this school, which has only been funded by the government through elementary, have been offering...

14Mar

Febrero Fiesta 2024 Was Best Yet!

Thank you so much for attending the 2024 Febrero Fiesta!Thanks to the generosity of you and many others we raised $33,000 and counting for prenatal vitamins, scholarships, water projects, teacher salaries and much more.More highlights of Febrero Fiesta 2024:We had over 175 people attend at least one nightAudience from seven different countriesWe had 36 people engage...

19Jan

Travel to Central America with CoCoDA!

Friends of CoCoDA Trip is coming back to Nicaragua and El Salvador this June!Join us for these affordable, family friendly trips and be inspired by rural Central American communities, their leadership and the projects CoCoDA had supported for social development. This is a great opportunity to see and understand our projects in Central America and the impact they have on the lives...