Voices’ mission is to promote sustainable and equitable development in El Salvador. In service of this mission, we have identified three main objectives:

1. Foster long-term, mutually beneficial relationships of solidarity between communities and organizations in the U.S. and communities and organizations in El Salvador;

2. Accompany Salvadorans who are working at the community, regional, and national levels for greater citizen participation, equality, and better living conditions; and

3. Educate people in the U.S. about the Salvadoran reality and the impacts of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

To accomplish these objectives, we:

1. Contribute to empowering a well-organized and aware Salvadoran citizenry in the departments of Morazán and Usulután;

2. Encourage reciprocal relationships between Salvadoran and U.S. partner communities;

3. Institutionally and financially strengthen regional organizations that are working for greater citizen participation, equality, and better living conditions;

4. Support community-based, alternative economic initiatives to combat the cycle of poverty;

5. Contribute to the development and implementation of community-based, alternative initiatives for economic production;

6. Support initiatives for mitigating vulnerability to natural phenomena and respond to emergencies provoked by vulnerability;

7. Accompany partners to demand basic services and respect for human rights guaranteed in the Salvadoran Constitution and recognized by international agreements; and

8. Support small, community-based service delivery projects while contributing to the orientation of beneficiaries around state obligations