It’s that time of year again! The Viva Fund is an annual campaign by EcoViva to raise money for programs that support young people in El Salvador. Youth in El Salvador often face incredible challenges. Poverty, lack of job opportunities, and the very serious threat of gang violence force too many young people to curtail their […]
Salvador trip wakes up Oakland teen
Iris Perez is a high school student from Oakland, Calfornia who participated in an EcoViva Community Empowerment Tour co-organized with two other local organizations, Movimiento and Ella Baker Center’s Heal the Streets Program. She wrote this amazing article about her experience for the Oakland Teen Times. November 13, 2010 By Iris Perez, Oakland Unity […]