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Honduras - 2006
Employee Volunteers Take Action at Honduras Children's Shelter
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Through the actions of employee volunteers from the Alcoa facility in Choloma, Honduras, children at the nearby El Refugio shelter are playing and studying in freshly updated and outfitted facilities.
El Refugio is a permanent home for children who are orphaned, abandoned, abused, unable to be raised by their families, or at social risk. In June 2006, a dozen Alcoa employees painted the shelter's classrooms and chairs, had lunch with the children, and played a game of soccer with the younger shelter residents during a one-day ACTION project.
In December 2005, Alcoa Foundation donated funds, computers, and Internet access for a play activities room.
"Our relationship with Alcoa and its employees is very important, because it allows us to develop projects that benefit our children," said Christof Olivier Wittwer, executive director of El Refugio. "The new play room, computers, and Internet access substantially improve the children's education and better prepares them for the future. Alcoa's efforts form the basis for new educational projects, because we can use the resources provided."
The work is not finished, as Alcoa employees continue to schedule Bravo! projects at the shelter.
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