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in Project Hope since 2005. To date, it has helped finance the reconstruction
of elementary school buildings in a village in Yunnan Province near Tibet. The old school buildings were more than 50 years old, and could not accommodate
all their students. They also showed significant wear and tear–the
roofs were letting in water and parts of the buildings were even in danger of
collapse. Due to a lack of funds, however, the villagers could not renovate the
aging buildings by themselves. Through financial donations from the local government and Mitsubishi Materials,
the construction of the new school buildings could begin in February 2006. In
September the same year, the village celebrated the completion of the new buildings.
The children are now finally receiving their education, without any obstacles
to learning. |
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In 2006, MC provided
84,000 dollars to fund an ecotourism project in the Ibera wetland, a nature preserve
in Corrientes, Argentina.
The Ibera wetland covers 1.3 million hectares, serving as a reservoir and also
as a rich environment that is home to more than 1,400 species of plants and 600
species of wildlife. The project will install 3 visitors centers within the wetlands,
designed and developed by environmental experts at Fundacion Naturaleza para el
Futuro (FUNAFU), in conjunction with the state government. Audio/visual programs
will introduce visitors to the natural environment, culture and history of the
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