Paid Ad on the Letter of 73 Bishops Supporting Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extensions with Reforms (CARPER): (Info Project for CARPER: Platform for Equity Based and Sustainable Rural Development)

• Proponent: Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Services, Inc.
• Amount: 150,000.00
• Project Start Date: October 28, 2008
• Project End Date: January 30, 2009
• Grant Type: Advocacy Grants
• Area: National
• Grant Status: Past

Project Goals and Objectives

In general, the project aims to help in the passage of a CARP extension bill with reforms by projecting the major endorsement of the bishops and other major agrarian reform stakeholders. Specifically 1. to publish the 73 bishops letter for CARPER thru a paid ad in a major national newspaper within November, in time for Congress and Senate deliberations on CARP extension; and, 2. thru the gathering of signatures of bishop, religious and other personalities and sectors, organize new support networks for the advancement of CARP and sustainable rural development.