This Decree regulates the Social, Economic and Community Actions Programme for People in Need, provided for in item XII of the Annex to Law No. 18.692 of 30 December 2009. The aim of the Programme is to support the development of actions to combat hunger and socio-economic exclusion in the municipalities covered by the Institute for the Development of the North and Northeast of Minas Gerais (IDENE). The Programme aims to: set up production units in the north and north-east of Minas Gerais, to benefit families of small rural producers marked by social exclusion and living around works carried out by the Ministry of Integration; and provide the low-income population in semi-arid municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais with water infrastructure for human consumption through the construction of cisterns, given the establishment of co-operation between the participants; the project will help families to overcome the difficulties caused by water scarcity, by raising awareness of ways to capture, conserve and properly use rainwater.
Brazil · 2011-12-14