A welding shop, bakery, traditional food restaurant, store and bazaar are some of the businesses that were formed with the funding.

The company delivered the first financing last week in a ceremony headed by company CEO Alvaro Jimenez.

The initiative is part of the company’s social and development program, which provides benefits to former workers with the greatest social risk who were among the more than 17,000 salmon industry workers to lose their jobs.

Eight people were the first beneficiaries; in the next few weeks 15 more will receive help.

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