This is a concrete result of the cooperation of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) and the Cuba-Venezuela Agreement, Modesto Maury Prieto, provincial delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment told Juventud Rebelde newspaper.

Among the agreements of greater social impact is the one in the municipality of Sandino, with a local support project to alleviation of anemia in children under five and pregnant women.

This project in Cuba’s westernmost town creates new jobs, encourages food service, health and education, carries out maintenance of roads and recovers marabou infected areas, which are then allocated to the planting of fruit trees, pastures and various crops.

For the sake of sustainability of agricultural production, organic gardens and farms received aid packages including seeds and tools, and several buses for public transportation were bought to service the communities of Sandino, Bolívar and Martí, said Maury Prieto.

This also includes the improvement of medical services, development of water supply networks, promotion of export goods and the rehabbing of houses damaged by meteorological events.

To Maury Prieto, these projects, funded by the United Nations and decentralized cooperation of different countries have contributed to the development of the territory, reported the daily.