VATICAN CITY, JUL 28, 1999 (VIS) - According to a communique made public today, the administrative council of the 'Populorum Progressio' Foundation met from July 10 to 14 in Manizales, Colombia, in order to study a series of projects and to decide on the level of financial support to offer them.
The aim of the foundation, created by John Paul II in 1992, is to contribute to the human and Christian promotion of the indigenous populations and peasants most in need in Latin America. The administrative council is composed of bishops from Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala. Present at the meeting, which was presided by Archbishop Fabio Betancur Tirado of Manizales, were Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unem" and of the foundation, and Msgr. Francisco Azcona, under-secretary of the same pontifical council and member of the foundation.
During the course of the meeting, 264 projects from Latin America and the Caribbean region were studied. Of these, 201 were approved for a total cost of 1,800,000 U.S. dollars. This sum will be distributed to the interested parties in the near future.
The communique goes on to say: "Of the 201 projects for 1999, 23.64 percent are in the education sector (construction, communication, vocational training, materials); 19.77 percent are in the area of communal infrastructure (potable water, means of communication, roads, electricity, latrines and multipurpose centers); 43.80 percent are concerned with production (agricultural, artisans, micro-production and community businesses). Health related projects account for 8.14 percent and the housing sector comprises 4.26 percent. A project aimed at civil registration was also approved."
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