San Marcos / Mine

Antamina’s office of Community Relations / Community Development works in two districts with a population of 26,000 distributed among 27 communities in San Marcos and nine sectors near the operations area.

Strategies to achieve a positive impact include attracting external capital, strategic alliances and the involvement and commitment of all areas of the company, such as local hiring, local purchases and the demand for regional services and integration.

Management of the office of Community Relations / Community Development is based on open, transparent communication, accompanied by a training process and participation by the State and independent NGOs.

Development objectives are understood to be long term – it is a process in which solid written agreements are the basis for program execution. Some figures related to our progress follow:

Educational Programs:

	Training for 300 school teachers in information technology.
	Regional teacher training in the New National Teaching Proposal.
	Computer training for 1,500 students.
	Improving educational quality and management in 41 schools.
	Hotel training for 200 young people in the region. (Today, 76 hired by Antamina and 33 by Camisea).
	Scholarship program for upper level studies (30 scholarship recipients).

Health Programs:

	Program to prevent mother-child binomial.
	Working agreement with the Regional Health Authority.
	Benefits nine communities, 42 settlements, with a total of 26,000 people.
	Program by CEDRO to prevent juvenile alcoholism and family violence.
	NGO VIDA, agreement to equip the CLAS (Comité Local de Administración de Salud – Local Health Comittee).
	More than 1,500 visits by rural people (primarily emergencies) to the Yanacancha Polyclinic.

Agricultural Programs:

	Experimental center for development of Shahuanga flocks (improved sheep).
	“Potato Seed” Program.
	Change in agricultural habits, Cochao Farm (357 hectares seeded).
	Support to improve agricultural management.
	Increase in productivity and development of commercial processes.
	Alpaca raising, a demonstration project in Yanacancha, an operating area.