SOFIBEF is based in Tanzania but working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since 1998, the DRC has been torn by civil conflict exacerbated by... Read More

Chiapas is one of the poorest states in Mexico, despite being one of the richest in natural resources. Its indigenous people, 35% of the total... Read More

Rural pueblos in the Peruvian Andes were greatly affected by sociopolitical turmoil and violence during the 1980s. Entire towns were destroyed during the political battles... Read More

Since the Colonial era, the indigenous communities of Chiapas have been isolated, and have suffered from slavery, racial discrimination, land seizures, and lack of education... Read More

The military campaign of the government of former-President Joseph Estrada against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mindanao has displaced nearly 300,000 people and intensified... Read More

El Salvador endured a violent civil war from 1979 to 1992 that took the lives of some 70 to 75 thousand people, most quite poor.... Read More

Since the founding of the Association of Maya Ixil Women, more than 100 women have been involved in organizing community-based educational, economic development, and psychosocial... Read More