CABEI delivers donation to Honduran schoolchildren

25/08/2012

Supported by the CABEI Director for Colombia, the Bank’s Institutional Responsibility Plan delivered desks and educational equipment to schoolchildren of limited means in Siguatepeque.

Showing his concern and interest in social and community-oriented works, the CABEI Director for Colombia Mr. Alonso Acosta delivered a donation of 50 desks to the Escuela República de Colombia in Siguatepeque, Honduras.

The donation was made at the request of the institution's authorities in order to increase the space for the increasing number of girls attending the school and to provide the girls with a more comfortable educational environment.

The school authorities and the students prepared a colorful civic event to welcome the Colombian Director and thanked him for the donation that brought great joy to the school.

Director Acosta Osío emphasized that with these actions CABEI is promoting the social and economic development of the region's communities and their inhabitants. He added that the donation will help expand the school's installed capacity, replacing furniture in poor condition and improving the students' quality of life by providing them with greater comfort and independence, as well as facilitating their concentration and performance.

For his part, Raúl Mendoza, the Director of Escuela República de Colombia expressed his appreciation for the noteworthy donation and said that with it will permit the schoolchildren to learn in a more comfortable environment, thereby helping to improve their academic performance.

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