5 February 2010
Brazil has donated $ 400 thousand to fund one of three projects developed by UNESCO for the reconstruction of the educational system in Haiti. The amount will be earmarked for teacher training and will benefit about 110 thousand Haitian students at secondary and higher education.
The donation was announced by the Minister of External Relations, Mr Celso Amorim, after a meeting with the Director-General of UNESCO, Ambassador Irina Bokova, at the headquarters of the Organisation in Paris on February 1.
Source: Ministry of External Relations
