The Business-Community Integration Unit (UNIECO) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in the municipality of Peçanha, state of Minas Gerais. Maintained by CENIBRA with the aim of hosting free educational activities accessible to the community, UNIECO s the promotion of citizenship. Its concept is based on the structuring of environmental education and living centers, where it provides access to reading, digital inclusion, and a series of educational and cultural activities for children and adolescents.Since its creation, UNIECO has evolved to meet the growing needs of the community. Digital inclusion has become a fundamental pillar, providing young people with the skills to navigate the digital world. At the same time, it encourages coexistence and creativity through storytelling. These programs help to form conscious, culturally enriched, and socially engaged citizens.
“UNIECO is part of people’s lives. It’s the perfect example of our efforts to contribute to social development and maintain a responsible relationship with the communities where we operate,” says Edson Valgas, CENIBRA Institute’s Executive Director and coordinator of Social and Institutional Responsibility at CENIBRA.
The space is also a point for cultural projects sponsored by CENIBRA Institute and relationships with partners under the Forestry Development Program. It features a large bibliographic collection and audiovisual and computer rooms. UNIECO provides services to approximately 7,525 people per year on average, totaling more than 150,000 service eents over its 20 years of existence.
UNIECO is open from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, at Rua Tiradentes, 41, Centro – Peçanha. The service is provided by librarian Ivone Brandão and relies on the of an intern. For more information, call + 55 33 3411 2069.
About CENIBRA
Located in eastern Minas Gerais, Celulose Nipo-Brasileira S.A. (CENIBRA) operates two bleached short-fiber eucalyptus pulp production lines in its 1.2 million tons/year industrial plant in Belo Oriente. The Company is present in more than 80 municipalities in Minas Gerais and employs roughly 8,000 personnel. It has two structured company-community integration units: one at the Private Natural Heritage Reserve (PNHR) Macedonia Farm in Ipaba and another in Peçanha.
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