OREANDA-NEWS. January 27, 2012. The Chairman of the  Cluster of Copiapo Camps Ruth Collao said that the 120 million pesos contribution from MPX was very important to the education  equalizing program “Yo estudio en mi barrio” (I study in my district), implemented by the Ministry of Social Development, that will help 500 low income people in the city.

The chief objective of this program is to allow disenfranchised sectors of the community to complete their elementary and middle school studies thus improving their chances of entering the formal labor market. The important and innovative aspect of this plan is to take the schooling programs to the communities where the targeted public lives, facilitating access to classes.

The program will be directed to the dwellers of six communities and seven camps in Copiapo that still have not completed their studies. Classes will be ministered twice a week and participants will receive full kits of learning materials and meals, besides assistance to have their children cared for while attending classes.

Additionally, teachers will minister their classes at the  community associations of targeted sectors and will  e given a monthly bonus for performance in challenging conditions and an incentive for each module successfully completed by students.

The program will be implemented by organizations accredited by the Ministry of Education throughout the nine month-term of  the initiative that will start on March 5, 2012.

Program activities were officially launched at the Vista al Valle  camp in the Rosario settlement. The ceremony was attended by Atacama governor Ximena Matas, Secretary of Social Development Kristian Jahn, Secretary of Education Antonia Olivares and MPX Chile General Manager Pedro Litsek, and other guests. “One of the priorities of MPX social responsibility policy is to improve the quality of the education and access to the company in  Copiapo. This initiative reveals the actual essence of the programs we intend develop in the region” , MPX Chile general manager Pedro Litsek said.