MANILA, February 20, 2009—Various pro-poor and development projects have been implemented across the country through the funding from the German Catholic Bishops Organization for Development Cooperation popularly known as Misereor.

Sr. Rosanne Mallillin, SPC, CBCP Episcopal Commission on Social Action, Justice and Peace executive secretary said they are meeting with all the sub-regional point persons at Pope Pius XII Catholic Center here in Manila, to prepare for the national general assembly scheduled next month.

“The Philippine-Misereor Partnership is a church-NGO tie-up geared towards development,” Sr. Rosanne said.

Misereor has funded projects on sustainable agriculture, various advocacy programs including specific programs for indigenous people and the environment.

“Misereor is quite active in the Philippines with its current exposure of some six million Euros,” she further added.

Founded in 1958 as an agency “against hunger and disease in the world,” Misereor is the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Germany, it offers to cooperate in a spirit of partnership with all people of goodwill to promote development, fight poverty, liberate people from injustice, exercise solidarity with the poor and the persecuted and help create “One World.” (Melo M. Acuna)