IBM/Brasil awards Partners the largest corporate grant it has received to date. It funds a 3-year program to benefit disabled people in Brazil. The program, “New Trends in Rehabilitation,” provides increased access to knowledge, information and technology for rehabilitation specialists.
Arkansas-Eastern Bolivia Partners begin a cancer treatment and research program in Santa Cruz and rural eastern Bolivia. This project, which significantly decreases the number of deaths caused by cervical cancer, is considered one of South America’s model health programs.
Partners begins a natural resources program, supporting conservation projects and responsible natural resource management in Latin America and the Caribbean.