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11.07.2007 - 02:06pm ET
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Standard Fruit Company Inc. Costa Rica and its Employees Contribute to the Recontruction of the Health Infrastructure of Puerto Cabezas
Donates Equipment Of Approximately U$50,000 Cost To The Pediatric Ward Of Bilwi'S Hospital
Area Was Seriously Affected By Huracán Felix
(CSRwire) MANAGUA, NICARAGUA – November 7, 2007 – Standard Fruit Co. de Costa
Rica, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc. announced today the donation
of health equipment of approximately U$50,000 to rebuild and re-equip the
pediatric ward of Bilwi's hospital, in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. The
funds will be donated by Standard Fruit and its workers from banana and
pineapple farms in Costa Rica and employees of Dole Fresh Fruit Inc.
"We were moved by the news of the damages caused by hurricane Felix in
that region" said Danilo Roman, General Manager of Standard Fruit de Costa
Rica. "The response of our employees, who are workers of banana and
pineapple plantations, was immediate in joining the effort to put together
funds for helping our fellows Nicaraguans. We want to contribute to the
reconstruction of Nicaragua, especially in the areas affected by the
hurricane, and we were informed that the health infrastructure of Puerto
Cabezas was seriously damaged."
The equipment consists of 23 pediatric beds, 5 nebulization units, 3
incubators, and other health equipment, plus air conditioning units, fans,
ceilings, and windows for the pediatric ward of Bilwi's hospital.
Currently, Standard Fruit Co. does not have operations in Nicaragua.
However, the history of the Company in Nicaragua's East Coast dates back
to 1920 when the Company had banana and wood operations in the Atlantic
Coast.
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