Brazil's Adecoagro Renovates First Library, Delivering 14 in Total

en.Wedoany.com Reported - In June of this year, Brazil's Adecoagro delivered the renovated João Batista dos Santos Library at the Sideney Carlos Costa Municipal School in Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul, as part of its "Territórios do Saber" (Knowledge Territories) sustainable local development program.

This library was the first delivered under the "Territórios do Saber" project in 2014. With this renovation, the company has now delivered a total of 14 libraries since the project's inception. The renovated João Batista dos Santos Library houses over 1,500 books and will serve approximately 950 children, including the children of more than 70 Adecoagro employees.

Franciene Cristina, Adecoagro's Manager of Health, Well-being, Diversity, and Corporate Citizenship, stated that many professionals who once studied at this school are now members of the company's team, and this initiative aims to create sustainable development and encourage young talent to remain in the region. Crislei Alves Da Silva, a company employee and parent of a student, believes that the structured space of the library fosters a sense of belonging, and that each book opens a window to the world for children.

Adecoagro views libraries as strategic educational assets, whose structure is directly reflected in the improvement of the Child Literacy Indicator (ICA) published by the Ministry of Education (MEC)/National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP). In 2024, Ivinhema's ICA reached 68.8%, meaning approximately seven out of ten children in the early years of elementary school can read and understand simple texts, a rate higher than the state average of Mato Grosso do Sul (55.8%) and the national average of Brazil (59%).

The "Territórios do Saber" project is part of Adecoagro's sustainable local development program, aimed at strengthening quality education and promoting reading through the creation and modernization of school libraries, donation of book collections, and training of educators. The project has implemented 14 complete libraries with a total collection of over 8,000 books, provided over 3,000 hours of storytelling art training for educators, and benefited more than 8,000 students in Mato Grosso do Sul and Minas Gerais. Kauhana Custódio Ribeiro, an Adecoagro Compensation and Benefits Analyst and a former student of the school, noted that the shared growth of employees within the community and the company demonstrates that sustainable development begins with people.

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