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SQM wants to be a contribution, helping to ensure the well-being of communities
located near its productive operations through different educational activities:
it has donated support material to schools, destined resources to labour training
scholarships, and it has concentrated its support on early technical education,
so that benefited people may eventually help the company, locations, and the country
with their acquired skills.
SQM has also played a key role in conservation of history and heritage of the region
in which it is based. Many of its actions are aimed at preserving and promoting
saltpetre industry legacy, supporting recovery of important national monuments,
such as Humberstone and Santa Laura Offices (now declared World Heritage), the Humberstone
Market, Abaroa House in Antofagasta (that also lodged two expositions concerning
the Saltpetre Industry), and Chacabuco Office, among other sites.
Thus it has committed itself to initiatives focused on making communities appreciate
and protect their heritage, such as the realization of the documentary "Salt of
the Desert", that summarizes the history of saltpetre industry from its beginning
to our days, which was distributed to all the educational establishments of Region
II. In addition, the company offers educational trips to teachers, who will be in
charge of transmitting such rich saltpetre legacy to future generations.
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