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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 682, October 13, 1995 ]

AUTHORIZING THE POPE JOHN PAUL II FOUNDATION FOR PRISONERS WELFARE, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR

WHEREAS, the Pope John Paul II Foundation for Prisoners Welfare, Inc., (FOPRIW), an auxiliary arm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Prisoners Welfare (CBCP-ECOPRIW), takes care of the welfare and development of the members of the prison society, i.e., prisoners and their families, ex-prisoners and their families and correctional employees from all the National, Provincial, City and Municipal Jails;

WHEREAS, the FOPRIW together with CBCP-ECOPRIW has been fulfilling this mission for the past 20 years through the support of different groups, individuals, and agencies concern with uplifting the sad plight of prisoners;

WHEREAS, the FOPRIW deserves the support and assistance from everyone in order to continue with its efforts to make our prisoners become better-skilled, self- reliant, law-abiding citizens.1aшphi1

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Pope John Paul II Foundation for Prisoners Welfare, Inc., to conduct a national fund campaign for a period of one (1) year effective upon the promulgation of this Proclamation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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