On December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly established August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to promote cooperation among countries around the world to address and resolve the various problems affecting these communities in areas such as land, health, education, the economy, the environment, land use, development and human rights. In this way, indigenous peoples and their cultures are beginning to be accepted and respected in such a way that they are no longer delegated, unprotected, or excluded from the social construction of states, which, in turn, are beginning to take responsibility for the care, respect, ratification and guarantees that these ancient communities demand and need.

As part of the Claretian Family, the Cordimarian Filiation proposes a time of prayer and reflection in fraternal communion with our brothers and sisters of the indigenous peoples.

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