Teams with National Governments Throughout Region to Donate
School Supplies
CLINTON, Miss. - August 4, 1999 - At ceremonies hosted by the
First Ladies of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador and Nicaragua's
Minister of Education, MCI WorldCom donated a total of 100,000 school
supply kits to Central American governments, which in turn will
distribute them to low-income children attending public schools
throughout those countries.
MCI WorldCom's donations in Central America are part of a
region-wide goodwill initiative to promote education in conjunction
with national governments.
"MCI WorldCom is proud to partner with governments in Central
America to assist thousands of children with this symbolic
gesture," said Melina Formisano, director of International
Marketing, MCI WorldCom. "Through programs like WorldPhone
Collect, the company is helping promote education and communications
services in the region."
The ceremonies in each respective country were hosted by Mrs. Mary
Flakes-Flores, First Lady of Honduras; Mrs. Patricia de Arzu,
Guatemala's First Lady, who presides over the Department of Social
Work; Mrs. Lourdes Rodríguez de Flores, El Salvador's First Lady;
and Mr. Antonio Alvarado, Nicaragua's Minister of Education.
MCI WorldCom, along with El Salvador's CTE Antel,
Guatemala's Telgua, Honduras' Hondutel and Nicaragua's
ENITEL and TELCOR, offer a comprehensive portfolio of voice, data and
Internet services throughout these countries. Also available through
MCI WorldCom are collect calling services for each country and the MCI
WorldPhone Card, which allow users to call the United States using
clear and fast connections any time of the day.
MCI WorldCom is a global leader in communications services with 1998
revenues of more than $30 billion and established operations in over 65
countries encompassing the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific
regions. MCI WorldCom is a premier provider of facilities-based and
fully integrated local, long distance, international, and Internet
services. MCI WorldCom's global networks, including its
state-of-the-art pan European network and transoceanic cable systems,
provide end-to-end high-capacity connectivity to more than 40,000
buildings worldwide. MCI WorldCom is traded on Nasdaq under WCOM. For
more information on MCI WorldCom, visit World Wide Web at
http://www.wcom.com.
