U.S. Chargé d’Affaires and Consul General visit USAID-supported Environmental project
Purpose of the visit was to see the implementation of Dow’s Ambassadors of the Environment project

From left: Alex Ferreira, Dow Chemical Brazil; Jeffery Bell, USAID Mission Director; Leda Bozaciyan - President of OFS; Lisa Kubiske, Chargé d’ Affaires a.i for the U.S. Embassy in Brazil; Climério Pinto Neto, Industrial Director Dow Plant-Guaruja; Thomas White, U.S. Consul General in São Paulo.

Photo: USAID/Brazil

GUARUJÁ - On October 2, Mission Director Jeffery Bell along with the Chargé d’ Affaires a.i. for the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, Lisa Kubiske, the U.S. Consul General for São Paulo, Thomas White, and USAID staff members visited Dow Chemical’s industrial complex in Vicente de Carvalho/Guarujá, São Paulo State. The purpose of the visit was to see the implementation of Dow’s Ambassadors of the Environment (AOTE) project, which is part of USAID/Brazil’s portfolio of public-private partnerships for FY 2009.

AOTE is a non-profit initiative that carries out educational activities linked to the preservation of the environment for public and private school youth. During the period of the visit, the group had the opportunity to see public school students from a disadvantaged community learning concepts of sustainability, recycling, alternative energy sources, and preservation of ecosystems.