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SUSTAINABILITY
DRIVING GROWTH FROM WITHIN
Funding education development and infrastructure
Improving education together with social infrastructure helps break the cycle of poverty and increase
participation in non
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farming activities. For the nearly 1,900 students in the county seat, however, these
benefits were out of reach because the state of Oaxaca, one of the most undeveloped areas in the country,
had fallen behind in funding education.
In 2014, we implemented a comprehensive social infrastructure program under an annual agreement with
the Municipality of San Jose, contributing $242,300 toward educational and cultural activities. The funds
were used to purchase new multimedia and teaching equipment and to rehabilitate and build
teaching facilities. Five preschools, five elementary schools and three distance-
education high schools, as well as the San José del Progreso daycare center and
cultural center, have all benefited from the program.
Additionally, three plots of land were purchased that will be used to expand an
elementary school, as a site for a cultural center and to host cultural and
sporting events in the community of Cuajilote.
