Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Climate Change
Culture
Debt Relief
Decolonization
Development
Economics and Finance
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Habitat
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
Least Developed Countries
Micro-Credit
Migration
Peace and Security
Religion
Sustainable Development
Values
Violence
Water
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Millennium Development Goals
Violence against women
Women and poverty
Women and the environment
Social Development:
Aging
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Freshwater
Gender equality
Major Groups
Mining
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
United States of America
El Salvador
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Ensure environmental sustainability
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2002 |
Organizational structure: |
SERR – Board or Directors; Executive Committee includes 5 members of the Board. Officers: President: Marta Benavides; Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Cheryl Desmond Financial Committee: Marilyn Weaver, Cheryl Desmond and President UN Advocacy: Marta Benavides, Cheryl Desmond El Salvador National Level headed by: Marta Benavides US/Regional Committee headed by: Cheryl Desmond, Marilyn Weaver Board of Directors holds annual meetings as dictated by the ByLaws, as well as meeting/calls every 4 months. Board Members: Marta Benavides, President (El Salvador) Dr. Cheryl Desmond, Treasurer/Secretary (USA) Marilyn Weaver, Board Member (USA) Elsa Comerota, Board Member (El Salvador) Ana Elizabeth Rooney, Board Member (USA) Partners: César Neftalí Artiga Cartagena, El Salvador, DOB 4/12/1980 Deysi Cheyne, El Salvador, DOB 08/27/57 Joel Arriola, El Salvador, DOB 09/29/1980 Sofio Luna, El Salvador, DOB 03/12/1965 Catalino Reyes, DOB 06/22/1972 Jamil Smith, USA, DOB 05/17/1981 |
Number and type of members: |
The board has an executive committee of 5 five members (listed above). SERR committees for programmatic work: Financial/Administrative, Cultural Educational/Free Universities-national issues, and UN Advocacy. SERR partners are volunteers and carry out the work of the organization, including administrative work. SERR reach has been broad given the experience and history of the founder Marta Benavides, a long-time activist from El Salvador who has become internationally known with her work primarily in El Salvador and the US. SERR has several components. Partners in El Salvador make up about 450 people each working on different projects on the ground, the Ecological House, the Permaculture Farm, the Folk Arts and cultures AJA Museum (http://www.museoaja.org.sv/sigloxiii.html), and the 3 Free Universities for Culture of Peace. In the U.S. there is a network of over 3000 people who are connected with SERR and receive our information /materials , participate in workshops, educational/exposure trips for US delegations, relations with social movements/civil society organizations at various UN meetings. In addition to relations in the US and El Salvador, there are partners in France, Australia, Germany, England, Italy, Kenya, India, Nepal, China, Philippines, Switzerland, through out the Latin American Region, Mexico and Guatemala are the largest. The organizations that have supported our work in El Salvador include the Global Call to Action on Poverty, Feminist Taskforce, Green Peace International, the Huairou Commission, Millersville University, Messiah College, Drew University, University of San Diego, the Highlander Center, the Ecology and Arts Center, the Esperanza Center, Agricultural Missions, American Friends Service Committee, and many others. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
GCAP, Feminist Task Force, Women Major Group, Gender Action on Climate Change; Civil Society working Group on FfD, Exec.Comm. of Int'l Treaty of Env. Educ., Agricultural Missions, ICAE, Bahai's, Social Watch, Brahma Kumaris Univ. |
Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Other sources
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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Funding structure other: |
SERR is committed to practice 'sustainability', to this effect all work is carried in alliances with and supported by educational entities both public and private, social and culture of peace movements, human rights and economic, social and cultural righ |