On Friday the 11th of November, a team of 25 volunteers from the Fundación MIR biy’s school teamed up with Odebrecht and planted 2,000 trees along the new La Romana – Punta Cana highway in the area near to the La Romana – Casa de Campo airport.
Odebrecht is the company responsible for building the new La Romana – Punta Cana highway and who also recently funded the building of the Fundación MIR’s new Mechanical School, for which the company also provided equipment and even teaching staff. Click here to read more about the Fundación MIR’s Mechanical School!
The activity ““SEMBRAR ES CONSTRUIR” (planting is building), is part of a reforestation program being funded by the Autopista del Coral (the La Romana – Punta Cana highway) and supported by the Fundación MIR.
Taking part in the planting of trees were Edwin Guzmán, Lissette Pacheco and Vìctor Ramírez, representing the Autopista del Coral, as well as Casa de Campo villa owner Magdalena Cavazos, who works for the Fundación MIR.
The Fundacion MIR
The Fundacion MIR is a non-profit organization which works to provide education to the children of the greater La Romana area, who are most in need. They run 3 schools; the MIR Esperanza (boys vocational school), the Escuela Tecnica Vocacional Fundacion MIR (girls vocational school) and the Primaria MIR (infants school).
For more information on the Fundacion MIR and to make a donation, visit their website: www.mirinternational.org
To make a donation contact the MIR office in Casa de Campo (809-523-8270) or in West Palm Beach (561-366-5095). Donations are tax deductible for US Citizens!
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