Projects with an impact on local development

To carry out this work, we rely on four pillars: Entrepreneurship, Local Development, Education, and Healthy Living. These four pillars are the foundation that underpins the relationships we establish with communities, allowing us to connect with our neighbors and create alliances with organizations, institutions, and local governments to benefit the residents of the 47 municipalities where we operate.

USD$ 564,895

Contribution to entrepreneurship projects.

70,732

Beneficiaries.

228

organizations benefiting.

Fondo Vecino (“Neighbor fund”)

This fund contributes to different organizations that implement community projects.

69,783 beneficiaries.

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Capital Emprendedor (“Entrepreneurial Capital”)

We build the capacities of entrepreneurs through training, mentoring and financing. During the reporting period, we supported them in optimizing their social networks to expand their sales.

630 beneficiaries.

Fondo Vecino (“Neighbor fund”)

We promote development through providing funds for equipment, infrastructure improvements and community security. Territorial and functional organizations participate with projects aimed at local wellbeing and integration, either independently or with the sponsorship of partners.

69,783 beneficiaries.

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Training program 2024

We delivered training courses tailored to the specific needs of the beneficiary neighbors.
The training courses included plumbing and household installations, financial administration, driving a car, wickerwork, recycling, silk-screen printing, Christmas baking, sign language, boat maintenance and making conserves and sauces.

Strengthening of local suppliers

We held open workshops to inform suppliers and entrepreneurs about the opportunities for collaborating with AquaChile. We also organized the first innovation meeting in Puerto Chacabuco and trained our service providers in Aysén in financial management and the Canvas model.

Monitoring of the Llanquihue Lake

In 2021, we installed three oceanographic buoys and six monitoring stations to measure environmental variables to monitor the state of the environment in the lake basin and model different scenarios.

We confirmed our commitment to the education of children and young people in the municipal districts where we operate.

USD$ 2,180,604

Contribution to educational social programs

16,241

beneficiaries.

68

organizations benefiting.

Los Cipreses school

Located in Lo Miranda (Doñihue) and managed by Fundación Agrosuper, this school offers free quality education to more than 1,000 students. In 2024, the fourteenth high school class graduated.

95% of graduates have a degree or are studying.

Programa

Docentes

5

Comuna

75%

docentes

Methodology Transfer Program

17

Teachers trained

1

Municipal districts

75%

Of the teachers participated actively

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Voces de Quellón (“Voices of Quellón”)

We promote the singing talent of young people together with Fundación Musicarte through the Voces de Quellón program. Through on-site and virtual, group and individual workshops, we provide training to students from public schools in the municipal district to improve their singing technique.

Scholarships program

We provide incentives to encourage the students to complete their elementary, secondary and higher education in isolated areas, reaffirming our commitment to academic development in the Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes regions

Cooperation agreements

We collaborate with educational institutions to offer internship opportunities at our facilities. Some of the educational institutions in the agreement are the CFT Estatal de Puerto Aysén, Inacap, Universidad de Magallanes, Liceo Tecnológico Monte María in Pucón, Liceo Hornopirén in Hualaihué and Liceo Luis Cruz Martínez in Puerto Natales.

We promote the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits and balanced diets in children, teens and seniors.

US$ 181,515

Contribution to healthy lifestyle projects.

27,970

Beneficiaries.

161

organizations benefited.

Super Sano

In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and with the support of the Nutrition and Dietetics course of the Faculty of Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, we give dynamic and entertaining classes that actively integrate teachers, parents and guardians and municipalities to create responsibility, self-care and self-regulation habits.

123

participating schools.

12,998

students from 1st to 4th grade.

26

municipal districts

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Activamente program

We promote the wellbeing and autonomy of seniors to ensure healthy and active aging.
The initiative includes flexibility and strength exercises that they can repeat at home, as well as a balanced diet program adapted to their needs and health conditions.

1,950 seniors benefited.
11 organizations benefiting.
8 municipal districts.

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Point of sale for neighbors from Curarrehue

Since 2014, we have maintained a point of sale in Curarrehue to make salmon more accessible and include it in the regular diet of neighbors and employees at a preferential price. For the fifth consecutive year, the point of sale was managed by Lof Cuenca Cabedaña, a company made up of six Mapuche communities, which reinvests its profits in community projects.

US$ 478,989

Contribution to healthy lifestyle projects.

71,622

beneficiaries.

130

organizations benefited.

Impulsa Agua - Meat Segment

Competitive fund aimed at contributing to improving the quality of life of communities through the co-financing of water solutions projects and training for their members.

20 organizations benefiting (SSR) in 2024.

28,562 beneficiaries in 2024.

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Circular economy: biofertilizers and biofoods

We collaborate with small-scale farmers,
growers and rural companies through the
delivery of biofertilizer and biofood.

1,892 farmers benefited under the agreement.

Recovery of public spaces

The purpose of this initiative is to provide assistance and support the implementation of projects for the improvement and refurbishment of sites in disuse, working in a collaborative manner with neighborhood committees and the environmental committee of each municipal district.

7,084 beneficiaries.
8 organizations benefiting.

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Competitive Fund AquaChile 2024

The objective of this initiative is to provide resources for sustainability, environmental, inclusion, healthy lifestyle, education, culture and infrastructure projects, as well as to support the acquisition of equipment and local production activities for community organizations.
In its sixth edition, this initiative opened the possibility of on-line application.

7,080 people who directly benefited in 2024.
46 winning social organizations.

Small-scale fishing support program

We encourage the incorporation of small-scale fishermen as service providers through initiatives related to productive aspects and community infrastructure.
In 2024, together with trade unions in this sector, we gave a lecture on maintenance and repair of fiberglass boats to fishermen from Puerto Chacabuco, Aysén. In addition, we supported a benthic resource management study in Chaicas, Puerto Montt.

429 fishermen benefiting 2024.