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ADES is a social organization, created on March 7, 1993 in the community of Santa Marta, jurisdiction of the municipality of Victoria in the department of Cabañas.

Since its founding, it has promoted community development and the defense of human rights. Its main area of ​​operation is the department of Cabañas; however, it currently provides support to several grassroots organizations in different departments of El Salvador.

History

The Santa Marta Economic and Social Development Association (ADES) is a non-profit organization established on March 7, 1993, in the Santa Marta Canton, Victoria Municipality, Cabañas Department, El Salvador. ADES originated from a Cabañas Repopulation Committee (CRC) to address the needs of the repatriated and resettled communities of the Santa Marta Canton, a population that sought refuge in Honduras during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980 due to army repression.

Based on the conditions created with the first return of settlers to Santa Marta from Mesa Grande, Honduras, in October 1987 and the conditions following the signing of the Peace Accords in Mexico, 1992, the possibility arises to extend the educational and organizational work model to new communities in Cabañas and other departments of El Salvador.

Through support in training and popular communication processes, the promotion of organic and sustainable agriculture, respect for the environment, and the vindication of Human Rights as the fundamental basis for human development, ADES has created alliances that have allowed it to work in San Vicente, Cuscatlán, Usulután, San Salvador, La Unión and La Libertad.

Mission and Vision

• ADES is a harmonious and supportive space, from where contributions are made to strengthening the conscious participation of communities in improving their living conditions and in claiming their rights.
• It seeks to promote emancipatory values ​​that contribute to the emergence of social subjects with critical, reflective, proactive capacity and liberating will who strive for a full life and social justice.

Strategic objectives

• To strengthen, at an institutional level, the principles and values ​​that underpin the work of the organization.
• Consolidate the sustainability and organizational levels of the association.
• To strengthen the organization's contribution in the communities they support, through a culture based on conscious participation and community organization for the improvement of life and the vindication of rights.
• Strengthen work strategies and relationships with national and international organizations, progressive projects and social movements in Latin America and the world.

  

ADES Santa Marta programs

1. Community Organization and Support Program: For 23 years, ADES Santa Marta has been supported by national and international organizations, churches, and social groups. Through cooperation and strategic alliances, they have implemented development initiatives in the communities. The areas of greatest focus have been education, community organizing and grassroots communication, the solidarity economy, health, and organic agriculture.
2. Sustainable Agriculture Program: This program supports training and the application of production methodologies from an organic farming perspective, gradually advancing the development of farmer awareness, soil restoration, and the implementation of ancestral and more environmentally friendly practices. The Sustainable Agriculture Program is ADES's internal structure that fosters a production dynamic that views the land as a living entity, requiring respect and consideration as the foundation of life itself.
3. Water Resources Management Program: Through the Integrated Water Resources Management Program, ADES supports communities, based on the basin management approach and master plan, in the following processes: identification of potential sources of drinking water, determination of the quality and quantity of the vital liquid, feasibility studies and determination of water recharge zones, preparation of technical files for drinking water systems, training in the administration of community drinking water systems, support in management before public and private entities, and construction of drinking water systems.

Basic Environmental Solutions identified in ADES Santa Marta

• INVER Santa Marta.
• Solar-powered drinking water system in the El Rodeo community.
• Bio-planters.

External links

• Facebook - ADES Santa Marta