Vicente Ferrer Foundation

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The Vicente Ferrer Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1969 in Anantapur , Andhra Pradesh, India by Vicente and Anne Ferrer as the Rural Development Trust (RDT). The purpose of the foundation is to improve the living conditions of the most poverty-stricken communities in India.

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The aim of the foundation is to lift the greatest possible number of people out of poverty. This is achieved through the implementation of sustainable development programs in the areas of education, health, infrastructure and agriculture. A special focus is also placed on the development of girls and women as well as people with disabilities.

Today the foundation has more than 120,000 sponsored children, it operates four hospitals and has built over 1,000 schools and 64,000 houses. In addition to technical schools, the foundation runs schools for deaf and visually impaired children as well as children with disabilities. More than three million people in over 3,600 villages benefit from the work of the foundation.

The foundation family now includes four foundations: the Foundation in India (RDT), founded in 1969, the Fundación Vicente Ferrer in Spain, which has been active since 1996, and the Vicente Ferrer Foundation USA and Vicente Ferrer Foundation Germany, founded in 2015 and based in Berlin. All foundations support the people in rural areas in India and strive for a change towards a more equitable society.

history

In 1952, Vicente Ferrer went from Barcelona to Bombay , India, as a missionary for the Jesuit Order to support farmers in rural India. First he built wells with the farmers, distributed seeds and convinced the farmers to work together. The great success of his work, however, aroused distrust and uncertainty in leading circles, so that Vicente Ferrer was expelled from the country in 1968. 25,000 farmers then demonstrated for his return. Thanks to the personal commitment of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , Ferrer was able to return to India three months later. He settled in Anantapur in the state of Andhra Pradesh, one of the poorest regions in India. In 1969 he left the Jesuit order and founded the Rural Development Trust (Vicente Ferrer Foundation India) together with Anne Perry, who soon became his wife.

The foundation launched programs and initiatives to B. curb desertification, develop rural infrastructure, reduce inequalities between the sexes and enable access to high quality health care and education. In the 1980s, the work expanded to include people with disabilities and sustainable agriculture.

Ferrer died on June 19, 2009 at the age of 89 in Anantapur, India.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 10 years after Spanish missionary's death, his legacy in India lives on. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ediciones El País: El legado de una revolución . In: El País . June 21, 2009, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed October 18, 2019]).
  3. ↑ RDT Home. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (American English).
  4. ^ Reports from Fundacion Vicente Ferrer - GlobalGiving. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ Homepage RDT. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (American English).
  6. ^ Homepage Fundacion Vicente Ferrer. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  7. ↑ https://www.vffusa.org/. Retrieved October 18, 2019 (American English).
  8. ^ Vicente Ferrer Foundation. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
  9. ^ "An unknown Saint of India" - Life Magazine | Fundación Vicente Ferrer. December 30, 2013, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ediciones El País: El filántropo inmortal . In: El País . June 20, 2009, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed October 18, 2019]).
  11. ^ Obituary of Vicente Ferrer. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .