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Public Works Completed in Camaguey thanks to Int’l
Cooperation
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jan 23 (acn) Thanks to international
cooperation, nearly 38 projects with high social and
economic impact were fulfilled in 2011 in the province of
Camaguey, Cuba, as foreign NGOs, and governments from other
countries contributed 840,000 Convertible pesos (CUC) total
to local funds.
In statements to ACN, Eida
Garcia Velazquez, of the Ministry of Foreign
Trade and Foreign Investment’s provincial delegation, said
most
projects were related to the cultural, health and education
sectors; while others
resulted in improvements on the city’s water and sewage
systems.
In the case of education, Raul Fernandez Alsh, International
Relations adviser for the provincial Education department
said the United Nations Children’s Fund alone contributed
more than one million CUC in 2010, which enabled repair
works that were completed last year in 112 schools in the
province, among them 52 out of all 64 kindergartens in the
area.
Fernandez Alsh said that sum is an important contribution
that adds to the
government’s budget allocated for the maintenance and
fitting-out of educational facilities and acquire school
supplies that are provided for free to the students at all
educational levels.
Ever Avalo Pineda, economic deputy director of the
Provincial Education office said international cooperation
projects facilitate the direct import of resources that can
not be purchased in the country such as sanitary furniture,
computers and audiovisual means.
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