JOHN
PAUL II
FOUNDATION FOR
THE SAHEL
The
foundation is an initiative desired by Pope John Paul II following his first
visit to Africa, where he personally saw the great tragedy lived by people due
to long-term drought and desertification. On
10 May 1980, His Holiness pronounced the following words which are at the origin
of the Foundation: "When the
poor and needy cannot find water ... I, the Lord, will hear them! ... I will
change the dry and barren land into a lake" (Is 41:17-18) and "the
water that I give will became for them a flowing fountain that gives eternal
like (Jn 4:14). From this very
place I launch a solemn appeal to the entire world ... I raise my voice in
supplication ... I make my voice the voice of those who have no voice, the voice
of the innocent".
Aware of the new countries, their poverty and great diversity, and
wanting to avoid a new "imposition" of the "North" upon the
"South", the Holy Father decided that this Foundation should be
entrusted, within its area of operation, to the Episcopate of the nine countries.
Such a formula was considered exemplary for the countries, which are in
need, and for those, which desire to be of assistance. On 25 May 1984, the Holy
Father repeated that, "the solution is in the hands of Africans; to
collaborate with them, also in technical areas, is not to say to supersede them.
This is evidence of a concrete realisation of the ecclesial communion,
fruit also of collegial co-responsibility.
With the Chirography of 22 February 1984, the Supreme Pontiff, desiring
to put to good use the financial help received for the counties of the Sahel,
established a capital fund, coming for the most part from the faithful of German,
as an "efficacious sign of my love for my most tried African brothers"
(5 November 1981). In recent years,
for the immediate execution of projects, also the Episcopal Conference of Italy
has contributed a substantial sum. At
the same time, to safeguard the capital of the Foundation and taking into
consideration banking complications (diverse currencies, transfers and the
sending of funds, etc.), even though the activity of the Foundation carried out
by the General Secretary in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
The Holy Father established that the care of the funds and the legal see
of the Foundation would remain with the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum",
with the duty to periodically report to the Supreme Pontiff, the founder.
For its part, the Government of Burkina Faso has granted
extra-territoriality to the General Secretariat which operates for the following
countries: Burkina Faso, Niger,
Mali, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Chad.
At the annual meetings of the Administrative Council (regularly rotated)
an Observer of the Holy See is present, generally the Secretary of the
Pontifical Council "Cor Unum". As
availability permits, the President of the same Dicastery, who is the legal
representative of the Foundation, participates at its meetings.
These meetings are chaired by the President of the Administrative Council,
His Excellency Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène, Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)
who was preceded by His Excellency Bishop
Séraphin Rouamba,
Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso).
The late Cardinal Paul Zoungrana (Burkina Faso), to whom the Foundation
owes its originality, was Honorary President "ad vitam". The General Secretary is Father Noël
Samaké, from Mali.
The Foundation concerns itself with the formation of animators, health
workers, hydraulic engineers, civil engineers, mechanics, agriculturists, animal
husbandry, and forestry. The unique
characteristic of the Foundation is its openness to the different religions of
the inhabitants, becoming in this way another instrument of inter-religious
dialogue.
Vatican City, February 15, 2010
JOHN
PAUL II
FOUNDATION FOR
THE SAHEL
TOTAL
NUMBER OF PROJECTS FUNDED FROM 2005 TO 2009
|
YEAR
|
FORMATION
PROJECTS
|
IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECTS
|
| 2005
|
695,558
|
1,371,781
|
| 2006 |
662,600
|
1,514,400
|
| 2007 |
771,630
|
1,555,519
|
| 2008 |
699,797
|
1,611,644
|
| 2009 |
686,653 |
1,613,347 |
| TOTAL
AMOUNT IN US$
|
3,516,238
|
7,666,691
|
|
PROJECTS
FUNDED BY JOHN
PAUL II
FOUNDATION
FOR
THE SAHEL FROM
2005 TO 2009
|
|
YEARS
2005 TO
2009
|
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F
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|
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P
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|
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|
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|
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A
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|
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|
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A
|
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|
S
E
N
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G
A
L
|
TOT.
BY SECT.
|
%
BY
SECT
|
|
ENVIROMNENT
|
42
|
1
|
26
|
2
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
14
|
8
|
106
|
10.64%
|
|
AGRICULTURE
|
36
|
3
|
18
|
0
|
11
|
20
|
11
|
19
|
29
|
147
|
14.75%
|
|
ANIMAL RAISING
|
42
|
2
|
15
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
25
|
100
|
10.04%
|
|
POWER SUPPLY |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
1.20% |
|
ANIMATION
|
77
|
8
|
58
|
7
|
14
|
43
|
4
|
16
|
43
|
270
|
27.10%
|
|
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
|
26
|
3
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
13
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
80
|
8.03%
|
|
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
26
|
2.61%
|
|
WATER MANAGEMENT
|
51
|
9
|
13
|
12
|
9
|
21
|
0
|
6
|
11
|
132
|
13.25%
|
|
HEALTH
|
17
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
2
|
10
|
1
|
14
|
8
|
68
|
6.82%
|
|
TECHNICAL
TRAINING
|
14
|
4
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
8
|
51
|
5.12%
|
|
OTHERS
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0.40%
|
|
TOTAL
NUMBER OF PROJECTS
|
320
|
29
|
170
|
28
|
48
|
143
|
30
|
84
|
144
|
996
|
100%
|
|
PERCENTAGE
BY COUNTRY
|
32.12%
|
2.91%
|
17.06%
|
2.81%
|
4.81%
|
14.35%
|
3.01%
|
8.43%
|
14.45%
|
100%
|
|
|
POPULATION
BY COUNTRY (IN MILLIONS)*
|
14,7
|
0,5
|
10,1
|
1,7
|
1,4
|
14,9
|
3,2
|
13,6
|
11,3
|
|
|
|
AREA
OF THE COUNTRY ( IN MILLION KMS²)*
|
0,3
|
0,004
|
1,3
|
0,01
|
0,03
|
1,2
|
1
|
1,2
|
0,2
|
|
|
|
NUMBER
OF BAPTIZED
CATHOLICS
(IN MILLIONS)*
|
1,9
|
0,4
|
0,9
|
0,04
|
0,2
|
0,3
|
0,005
|
0,02
|
0,6
|
|
|
* Secretaria Status, Annuarium Statisticum
Ecclesiae 2008, Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Addresses:
John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
c/o Pontifical Council "Cor Unum"
Via della Conciliazione, 5
V-00120 Vatican City
John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
Adminstrative Council and General Secretariat
01
B.P. 4890 Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 50 36 53 14; 50 36 66 99
Fax: +226 50 36 53 93
e-mail: fond.jp2@cenatrin.bf,
info@fjp2-sahel.org
web site: http://www.fondationjeanpaul2.org
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