The Foundation for the Development in Justice and Peace (FUNDAPAZ) was born in Vera, Santa Fe, in 1973. Its mission is to promote the development of people and deprived rural communities in the north of Argentina. The goals of the institution are to encourage the participation of families and organizations of "criollos" (natives of Argentina) and aborigines for their sustainable and integral development, to support them financial and technically as their look for alternatives of production, and to facilitate the processes of communication, capacitating, and exchange among the groups. Currently, the institution helps 3.500 families in Santa Fe, Santigo del Estero and Salta.