Mangrove Association

2 active Campaigns

2 campaigns

El Salvador

www.asociacionmangle.org

Mission

The Mangrove Association is a grassroots community organization that works to strengthen capacities, build skills, and implement agricultural practices that improve the quality of life of the population in the Bay of Jiquilisco Watershed of El Salvador. We focus our work on community organizing, disaster preparedness, climate change adaptation, food security, youth engagement, environmental conservation, and gender equality. The Mangrove Association contributes significantly to the development and well-being of the people in the region as well as the environmental sustainability of the land in the face of a changing climate. Our strategies are centered around building local capacity and developing participatory decision-making mechanisms so communities are organized and strong and resilient in the face of natural disasters, economic uncertainty, and political turmoil.

Open Projects

Mangrove Association

Support communities recovering from COVID-19

COVID-19

El Salvador

This project will support families in rural communities, El Salvador, supporting their livelihoods, mental health as well as long-term resilience. The project will provide families with critical agricultural inputs and support entrepreneurship initiatives. Books and other educational material will be purchased for community libraries, and a psychology specialist will be hired to help families cope with the stress and other symptoms caused by the pandemic.

Mangrove Association

Strengthen 60 Women Farmers in El Salvador

Women & Girls Empowerment

Hunger

COVID-19

El Salvador

This project will help provide food security to women farmers and their families in rural El Salvador. Women traditionally have less access to land and resources than men and women-led households are more vulnerable to food insecurity. These families, especially hard-hit by the pandemic and climate change, will benefit from this project through access to farming materials and training. As a result these women will have the resources and knowledge to feed their families and face future disasters.