El Salvador project 519009403 · 1970

AS OF 12/31/69. 138 COMMUNITY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE OF $266,937 OF WHICH 70% WAS DONATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR (GOES). THE MOST COMMON PROJECT HAS BEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS. OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDE BRIDGES, BASKETBALL COURTS, POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES, PARKS, AND ROADS. BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECTS AND THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR PROJECT SUPPORT, AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS CREATED. THIS ORGANIZATION, THE "PROGRAMA DE FOMENTO Y COOPERCAION COMUNAL POR ESFUERZO PROPIO Y AYUDA MUTUA" (FOCCO), CONSISTS OF A PROMOTION SECTION (WITH 3 REGIONAL COORDINATORS AND 14 DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATORS), A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SECTION (WITH 3 PHYSICAL WORK SUPERVISORS), A TRAINING SECTION (WITH 2 INSTRUCTORS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND 2 IN CHARGE OF PRODUCING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS), AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. ALTHOUGH THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS THERE IS A NEED FOR TRAINING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AS WELL AS A NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY WILL NOT DISSOLVE AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IS C

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAA-784-F1 (1970). The source's own text.