In towns close to the plant (Puerto Fuy, Neltume, Choshuenco and the indigenous communities of Juan Quintuman and Valeriano Callicul), which led to: > definition of 81 projects to improve the quality of life of the families in the area of the plant, 51 social organizations and 30 local business people benefited for a total amount of 130,821 euro (in particular 28 projects for social support, 23 for devel opment and promotion of trade, crafts and tourism, 3 for education, 22 for infra structure and services for the communities, and 5 for the construction of churches); > development of the program Energía para la educación to improve the quality of education in schools close to the plant, in order to improve school infrastructure, the training of teachers and improvements to laboratories and libraries.