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| February 26, 2008
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation Support Brazil Amazon Education Program for New York Public Schools as Part of Sponsorship of Amazonia Brasil Exhibition
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa announced today that through an Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation
supported program, New York City teachers will participate in Amazônia
Brasil for Schools, a project that encourages teachers and students
to look at the Amazon region’s social,
cultural, and biological issues with a critical eye. This project is
part of the Amazônia Brasil
Exhibition, opening on April 17, sponsored by Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation.
More than 600 New York City teachers will be introduced to the Brazilian
Amazon teaching guide today in the National Museum of the American
Indian as part of the Amazônia Brasil for
Schools program. The guide, oriented to elementary school children
from 3rd to 6th grade,
provides teaching materials with information about the history and
culture of the local population, the geography of the region, and the
importance of conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.
The aim of is for children to learn about the Amazon in a creative way,
incorporating artistic activities for the children.
“Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation are pleased to
support this exhibition and special program for teachers. This program
will educate children about the Brazilian Amazon region, its people,
sustainable livelihoods and the importance of preserving the Amazon
ecosystem,” said Alcoa Chairman and CEO Alain
Belda.
“This teaching project creates awareness of
the importance of the Amazon and aims to arouse the interest of teachers
and students to discuss the need to preserve this region. The work also
offers a better understanding of how the people of the Amazon live and
their strategic role in the region's development,”
said Anna Claudia Agazzi, the producer of the exhibition.
“AmazôniaBrasil
is one of the most important exhibitions on this region, and adds to
the teaching project the current situation of the Amazon, the vision of
the people of the forest, and of those who live there and are working
every day to protect it,” said Eugênio
Scanavino Netto, from Brazil’s Health and
Happiness Project, the exhibition’s organizer.
Amazônia Brasil Exhibition
The Amazônia Brasil exhibition will take
place from April 17 to July 13 in multiple locations in New York City.
It is anticipated that 400,000 people will visit the exhibition, which
will include an extensive multi-cultural program, with musical artists
and crafts-people from the Amazon region, a movie festival, a
photographic exhibition, a climate change exhibition, and other
activities. The main exhibition will be centered at Pier 17, where Amazônia
Brasil will occupy 12,000 square feet of exhibition area, and an
Amazonian Village will be constructed.
Amazônia Brasil is an initiative of the
Health and Happiness Project and the Amazon Working Group, which
represents more than 600 entities from the Brazilian Amazon region. The
executive direction is under the responsibility of Fare Arte,
sponsorship is by Alcoa and the Alcoa Foundation and support comes from
IBM, the American Express Foundation and the Ministries of Culture,
Foreign Relations and the Environment. Among the relevant institutions
taking part in the event in New York are the World Financial Center, New
York University, Central Park, the Smithsonian Institute and the Museum
of the American Indian. For more information about the exhibit visit, www.amazoniabrasil.org.br
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary
aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its active
and growing participation in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa
serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction,
commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design,
engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to
customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including
flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also
markets Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems,
precision and investment castings, and building systems. The Company has
97,000 employees in 34 countries and has been named one of the top most
sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com
About Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation is a separately constituted nonprofit U.S. corporate
foundation with assets of approximately $534 million. Its mission is to
actively invest in the quality of life in Alcoa (NYSE:AA) communities
worldwide. Throughout its history, the Foundation has been a source of
positive community change and enhancement, with nearly $437 million
invested since 1952. To learn more about Alcoa Foundation, visit www.alcoa.com
under Community.
Note to Editors: There should be a circumflex mark over the "o" in "Amazônia"
and the second "e" in "Eugênio"
above.
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