Barrick and Barrick Gold Telethon ... Fiesta launch sincere cynicism can be a good adjective for this. Now, Don Francisco asincera himself more than ever, with its institutional cleaning company image, while expanding its cynicism welfare. A Roof for Chile and America Solidarity not escape the same. See it Yourself, by Piñerision screens ... http://www.chilevision.cl/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134445&Itemid=81 born Commitment Atacama, unpublished partnership to help the social development of the Third Region Barrick Telethon, A Roof for Chile and Latin Solidarity Commitment Atacama today launched an unprecedented alliance to promote the social development of the Atacama region with initiatives that will directly benefit the people disadvantaged to the area in the event, held at the Hotel Plaza San Francisco in Santiago, attended figures linked to social organizations such as Mario Kreutzberger, by the Telethon, Juan Pedro Pinochet for A Roof for Chile, and Juan Pablo Illanes, by American Development. In addition, we present local and national authorities, social leaders of the region and mining company executives.
In a first stage, Atacama Commitment benefit some 4,000 residents of the Region of Atacama. The alliance, which is open to adding new members, both public and private sector, signifies the start of a series of high social impact initiatives and different areas, from support for the first children's rehabilitation center in the area , digital education in rural schools and housing aid for the poorest sectors to young professionals working to implement sustainable economic program. The horizon for the full implementation of each of these initiatives varies between three and five years.
PROGRAMS Atacama commitment will contribute to the realization and operation of the rehab center telethon in Copiapo, one of the most anticipated projects by local people, particularly young people with disabilities and their families. Currently, these young people have to travel to facilities that the institution has in other neighboring regions. "We appreciate the recognition as a health facility for Atacama and support that Barrick is proposing, it will help us to develop quickly the dream of an institute in Copiapo to allow disabled children in the area have a close and comprehensive care. We are getting resources for construction, implementation and after the operation, which will mainly Barrick resources over five years, "said Mario Kreutzberger.
Through A Roof for Chile, Atacama Commitment also help to 700 families in camps in different parts of the region obtain permanent housing to start a new life with stable housing. The Atacama Region has one of the highest national rates of families rooted in camps when considered in terms of their population, so the program will have a positive impact and long range in this area.
"Seven hundred families in the region of Atacama will leave behind camps and own permanent housing in neighborhoods that will see their children grow. This is possible by the commitment of the company Barrick joined the State of Chile (represented by the Ministry of Housing), the people (self-advocates in the future) and A Roof for Chile. Together we pledge to care for the greatest wealth of our country: its own people.
Thus, for the Bicentennial of the regions with the highest rates of people living in camps may be leaving behind misery and look with hope to the future, "said the founder and chaplain of A Roof for Chile, Father Felipe Berrios SJ. , who could not be present at the ceremony to participate in the trip the President of the Republic, Michelle Bachelet, El Salvador and Costa Rica. América Solidaria, in turn, adds to the Atacama Commitment to provide young professionals who, together with communities, institutions and local municipalities, will collaborate on the design and implementation of programs in areas that offer prospects for sustainable development for the Atacama Region , most notably in sectors with fewer resources.
"This is a great opportunity for young professionals from Latin American countries are inserted in the Atacama region to serve the most excluded. The great cultural wealth of this meeting is to share experiences that enhance both development of learning communities and professionals from the practice of integration. With commitment and Barrick Atacama, Solidaria American volunteers will serve the community knowledge and processes to accompany the most impoverished in the region find their way to their own development, "said Juan Pablo Illanes, VP América Solidaria.
WORK IN SCHOOLS
Atacama Commitment also incorporates the Class 21 program, an educational initiative that began several months ago as a pilot project in two schools Huasco Valley and now, over a horizon of three years, will extend to 12 schools, with more than 1,000 students benefited. Class 21, in turn a joint venture between Barrick, Intel, the Fundación Cisneros and Eduinnova (institution linked to the Catholic University), involves the installation of laboratories equipped with laptops that students can be removed to work with them in the classroom. The aim is to create digital learning spaces, environments for improving the quality of the entire learning process. Class 21 also adds the Update program of Masters in Education (AME), which provides online training to teachers and gives them the opportunity to work on group dynamics with other teachers from abroad.
"We are delighted Atacama Commitment that is now a reality, I think it's a very positive experience of how different actors that operate in different worlds can work together for a cause as noble as it is to help underprivileged sectors of an entire region. Barrick, in particular, we integrate it as part of our efforts to advance the framework of responsible mining, a mining that deals precisely to promote sustainable development in communities around our projects and operations, "said Rodrigo Jimenez, vice president of corporate affairs at Barrick South America.
