The Western Union Foundation today donated $25,000 to Fundación
Alimentando Esperanzas, a nonprofit organization in San Jose, Costa
Rica, offering education and family support services to children and
their families.
Following through on its commitment to empower communities through
education and global economic opportunity programs, the grant is part of
Our World, Our Family(SM), a $50 million, five-year joint program of The
Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation.
Ana Nuñez, President of Fundación
Alimentando Esperanzas, said “We want to
change the face of our community, La Promesa. Through Western Union’s
Foundation grant, Alimentando Esperanzas will now be able to expand
programs focused on basic education and family services that better
serve the community.”
Western Union's Our World, Our Family(SM) program is framed around four
pillars or focus areas: Our World Gives; Our World Learns; Our World
Strives and Our World Speaks. Each pillar is designed to address the
critical needs and challenges of the world's migrant population.
"The Western Union Foundation is dedicated to creating economic
opportunity for people around the world," said Luella Chavez D'Angelo,
president, The Western Union Foundation. “Through
its work, Fundación Alimentando Esperanzas
provides services and new optimism to children. Alimentando Esperanzas
is one of our everyday heroes, and we are proud to take a leadership
role in supporting the organization."
Christian Rodriguez, vice president of operations Western Union in Costa
Rica, added “education is the foundation of a
successful future, and Western Union is committed to partnering with the
Costa Rican community to further strengthen these types of programs.”
About the Western Union Foundation
The Western Union Foundation began in 2000 as a philanthropic
organization to facilitate charitable giving programs worldwide. Through
the donations of The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), its employees and
Agents, the Foundation helps to fund programs that enhance the quality
of life for those most in need around the world. Since 2001, the Western
Union Foundation, in collaboration with Western Union Agents and
employees, has granted nearly $45 million to more than 1,500
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 70 countries around the globe to
support humanitarian projects. In addition, the Foundation has supported
more than 50 disaster-relief operations and has funded education and
human services programs. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is the world’s
leader in global money transfer services. Together with its affiliates,
Orlandi Valuta and Vigo, Western Union provides consumers with fast,
reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world,
as well as send payments and purchase money orders. It operates through
a network of more than 345,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and
territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services the original
Western Union dates back to 1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
