Education lights up hope, and poverty alleviation must focus on fostering intellectual growth. This case mainly introduces how Compañía General de Electricidad (CGE), a subsidiary of State Grid in Chile, has brightened the academic path of impoverished students through the Illumina Project – a technical high school laboratory initiative, emerging as a beacon to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. As a key power enterprise in Chile, CGE has always integrated social contribution into its operations. Driven by the government's tax reduction policies, it has combined poverty alleviation with its professional expertise, accurately connecting with Chile's public electrical technical high schools and collaborating seamlessly with DUOC UC, a leading local technical education institution. It has built a poverty alleviation strategy centered on equipment support and professional training, providing long-term support for vulnerable groups to receive electrical engineering education, boosting the development of technical education in Chile's power industry, breaking the poverty cycle in communities, and setting an outstanding example for Chinese enterprises in overseas poverty alleviation efforts.

Education lights up hope, and poverty alleviation must focus on fostering intellectual growth. This case mainly introduces how Compañía General de Electricidad (CGE), a subsidiary of State Grid in Chile, has brightened the academic path of impoverished students through the Illumina Project – a technical high school laboratory initiative, emerging as a beacon to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. As a key power enterprise in Chile, CGE has always integrated social contribution into its operations. Driven by the government's tax reduction policies, it has combined poverty alleviation with its professional expertise, accurately connecting with Chile's public electrical technical high schools and collaborating seamlessly with DUOC UC, a leading local technical education institution. It has built a poverty alleviation strategy centered on equipment support and professional training, providing long-term support for vulnerable groups to receive electrical engineering education, boosting the development of technical education in Chile's power industry, breaking the poverty cycle in communities, and setting an outstanding example for Chinese enterprises in overseas poverty alleviation efforts.

Este caso se centra en el proyecto de alivio de la pobreza diseñado e implementado por State Grid Brazil Holding Ltd. (en adelante, SGBH) para la comunidad de Malhadinha, ubicada a lo largo del trazado de la línea de transmisión de ultra alta tensión (UHV) de Brasil, durante la construcción de dicha línea. En estricto cumplimiento de las leyes locales sobre responsabilidad ambiental empresarial, SGBH advirtió los desafíos de pobreza que enfrentaba la comunidad, tomó la iniciativa de entrar en comunicación con ella, y diseñó e implementó un proyecto focalizado de alivio de la pobreza centrado en una fábrica de jugo sobre la base de las condiciones locales. En el mercado brasileño, SGBH buscó activamente socios para el alivio de la pobreza y colaboró con múltiples actores, entre ellos el gobierno, bancos y empresas tercerizadas, impulsando conjuntamente el proceso de alivio de la pobreza en la comunidad de Malhadinha, realizando importantes contribuciones al desarrollo sostenible de la comunidad y convirtiéndose en un ejemplo destacado de los esfuerzos de las empresas chinas en el alivio de la pobreza en el exterior.

Este caso se centra en el proyecto de alivio de la pobreza diseñado e implementado por State Grid Brazil Holding Ltd. (en adelante, SGBH) para la comunidad de Malhadinha, ubicada a lo largo del trazado de la línea de transmisión de ultra alta tensión (UHV) de Brasil, durante la construcción de dicha línea. En estricto cumplimiento de las leyes locales sobre responsabilidad ambiental empresarial, SGBH advirtió los desafíos de pobreza que enfrentaba la comunidad, tomó la iniciativa de entrar en comunicación con ella, y diseñó e implementó un proyecto focalizado de alivio de la pobreza centrado en una fábrica de jugo sobre la base de las condiciones locales. En el mercado brasileño, SGBH buscó activamente socios para el alivio de la pobreza y colaboró con múltiples actores, entre ellos el gobierno, bancos y empresas tercerizadas, impulsando conjuntamente el proceso de alivio de la pobreza en la comunidad de Malhadinha, realizando importantes contribuciones al desarrollo sostenible de la comunidad y convirtiéndose en un ejemplo destacado de los esfuerzos de las empresas chinas en el alivio de la pobreza en el exterior.

This case focuses on the poverty alleviation project designed and implemented by State Grid Brazil Holding Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SGBH) for the Maiadina Community along the route of Brazil's ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission line during the line's construction. In strict compliance with local laws on corporate environmental liability, SGBH noticed the poverty challenges faced by the community, took the initiative to communicate with it, and designed and implemented a targeted poverty alleviation project centered on a juice factory based on local realities. In the Brazilian market, SGBH actively sought poverty alleviation partners and collaborated with multiple stakeholders including the government, banks and third-party enterprises, jointly driving the poverty alleviation process of the Maiadina Community, making important contributions to the community's sustainable development, and emerging as an outstanding example of Chinese enterprises' overseas poverty alleviation efforts.

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