Overview
- Toledo plans €597,360 for 13 projects across Africa, the Americas and Asia, focused on education, water and sanitation, protection of women and children, and health training.
- Asturias targets €589,715 for ten projects, including €81,249 to rebuild five classrooms and four latrines at the Santa Teresa de Mwilanbingo primary school in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Valladolid seeks €401,756 to finance eight initiatives in countries such as Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, the Philippines, India and Sierra Leone, covering areas from water access to reintegration of vulnerable youth.
- Local events are scheduled this week, with Toledo hosting a benefit concert on Feb. 5, a voluntary fast on Feb. 6 and a campaign Mass on Feb. 8, while parishes nationwide plan special collections over the weekend.
- Delegates emphasize 59 active armed conflicts and widespread food insecurity as drivers of the effort, underscoring implementation through dioceses, missionaries and trusted local partners.