Social Responsibility

EDUCATION

Education is a transformative tool that can change people's lives and it is essential for a community looking for development. Therefore, we invest in educational projects for employees and people in the communities where we operate.

Jalles Machado Foundation

The Jalles Machado Foundation was established in 1996 to conduct educational and cultural activities and it maintains the following education incentive projects:

·         Luiz César School

The Luiz Cesar de Siqueira Melo School was founded in 1996 aiming at the formation of critical and conscious citizens, able to act on the changes in society and the challenges of the modern world. The institution provides equal access to quality education to the children of employees of the Otavio Lage Group and to the children of the community.

The school, which has a capacity of 400 students, offers Elementary School (Kindergarten to 9th grade). Besides the traditional curriculum, the institution offers classes in dance, theater, music and sports, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming and karate.

·         Itajá Radio

Aiming at bringing information and quality content, the Foundation maintains Itajá FM Radio, an educational station, which has community participation and contributes to the formation of citizens.

·         Essay Contest

To encourage reading and writing, Jalles Machado Foundation has been promoting every year, since 2006, the Dr. Otávio - Dream Builder Essay Contest. The event, held in partnership with the Regional Under Secretary of Education of Goianésia, has the participation of all students in 9th grade in public and private schools in the city. The contest offers various awards for students and teachers and a 20 thousand BRL scholarship for the author of the winning essay, which will provide the winner to invest in his/her education during high school.

Education for Worker Project

Jalles Machado, in partnership with the Social Service for Industry (SESI), has been keeping the Young and Adult Education program (EJA), since March 2004. The project called "Education for Workers" provides education to the company employees offering from literacy to high school. The program has enabled many people of different ages and functions to finish school and go to college.

Professional Education

To promote the professional development of employees, the company has partnerships with training institutions such as the National Service of Rural Learning (Senar), the National Service of Industrial Education (Senai) and the Governor Otavio Lage Technological Institute of Goiás (ITEGO). In addition, the company conducts trainings for improvements, has internships, young apprentice and trainee programs and offers scholarships for graduation and post-graduation to the employees.

Technical Visits Program

In order to provide students with the knowledge of how to give practical application of theories learned in school and contribute to their formation, Jalles Machado has the Technical Visits Program. The company welcomes students from Elementary to High School, Technical, Graduation and Post-Graduation courses, especially from the states of Goiás, Paraná and Federal District.