Author: Julia Urban

John Paul II Foundation / Articles posted by Giulia Urban (Page 3)

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November 11, 2022

"I believe in all forms of study, insight and protest against the Mafia. The mafia feeds on a culture and spreads it: the culture of lawlessness. The underlying culture of the Mafia is the selling out of the value of human dignity. And speeches, the spread of a different culture, are of great importance. But we have to be very careful that we don't stop at protests, marches, denunciations. If we stop at that, they are just words. Words must be validated by deeds" (Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi)....

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November 11, 2022

The John Paul II Foundation introduced the aloe vera supply chain to Jordan. Aloe vera has existed in the Middle East since time immemorial, suffice it to say that it is mentioned among the beauty products used by Cleopatra, and apparently its benefits were known as early as the Nabataean era; however, it had never been treated as a value chain with the potential to bring substantial improvements to the country's rural economy....

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November 11, 2022

With the production of apricots, zucchini and artichokes, the new production and commercial season began in Lebanon, in the northern Bekaa Valley on the border with Syria, under the FAV (Fruit And Vegetable) brand, which represents the 5 agricultural cooperatives (Sawa, Kaa El Rim, Ainata, Ain El Qabou, Wadi Al Aarayech) and their 220 member farmers, supported by the Small Farmers Program implemented by the John Paul II Foundation thanks to funding from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)....

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