Annual Report 2014

Photography exhibition

A REFLECTION OF OUR ACTIONS THE HEART OF URUGUAY, COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS

Objectives • To raise awareness of the communities and residents of the heart of the country

The UPM Foundation presented a photographic exhibition to invite people to discover the communities and the leaders of their development projects. Declared noteworthy by the Ministry of Education and Culture, this exhibition presents valuable people, men, women and children who give a voice and a face to the map of the heart of Uruguay, who are part of the communities where the company carries out its forest operations. This travelling exhibition was inaugurated in Fray Bentos and has travelled across the Durazno and Paysandú departments and, after passing through Montevideo, was exhibited in Tacuarembó. The images were taken by photographer Andrés Bartet in 2013. Through the 16 photos, the

exhibition reflects the diverse realities where the Foundation works in the heart of the country and seeks to mobilise other stakeholders to work together with local interested parties to promote a sense of belonging to the environment. Magdalena Ibáñez, President of the UPM Foundation, noted that “this selection of photographs shows us and those people with whom we work on a daily basis in the joint quest for opportunities, growth and development”. The inauguration events in the various departments were attended by some of the protagonists in the photos showed in the exhibition, representatives of the various projects supported by the UPM Foundation. From the village of El Eucalipto, three representatives of the village working to improve the local polyclinic travelled to the provincial capital for the inauguration of the exhibition, which showed

• To publicise the main development projects

• To mobilise other stakeholders to work together with local people to promote a sense of belonging to their environment

Departments 5

Visitors 1.000

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