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The NGO, Help for
Progress, is committed to work in partnership with local and
international collaborating agencies to empower
underprivileged rural people so that they can emerge from
their depressed socio-economic and environmental condition to
live and enjoy an improved quality of life. Our participation
in the El Pilar Program envisions a future where local
communities around El Pilar can see their role as participants
and beneficiaries of resource management. This can only be
accomplished by creating opportunities at the village level
where immediate livelihood issues are addressed in the short
term that enhance rather than detract from local community
resources. We see the El Pilar Program as a model that can
help the rural communities of the Maya forest recognize their
own assets and contribution to the conservation of their
resources for their benefit. The outcome will not only benefit
them but the world at large.
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