The Western Union Foundation today donated $25,000 to Fundación Alimentando Esperanzas, a nonprofit organization in San Jose, Costa Rica, offering education and family support services to children and their families.

Following through on its commitment to empower communities through education and global economic opportunity programs, the grant is part of Our World, Our Family(SM), a $50 million, five-year joint program of The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation.

Ana Nuñez, President of Fundación Alimentando Esperanzas, said “We want to change the face of our community, La Promesa. Through Western Union’s Foundation grant, Alimentando Esperanzas will now be able to expand programs focused on basic education and family services that better serve the community.”

Western Union’s Our World, Our Family(SM) program is framed around four pillars or focus areas: Our World Gives; Our World Learns; Our World Strives and Our World Speaks. Each pillar is designed to address the critical needs and challenges of the world’s migrant population.

“The Western Union Foundation is dedicated to creating economic opportunity for people around the world,” said Luella Chavez D’Angelo, president, The Western Union Foundation. “Through its work, Fundación Alimentando Esperanzas provides services and new optimism to children. Alimentando Esperanzas is one of our everyday heroes, and we are proud to take a leadership role in supporting the organization.”

Christian Rodriguez, vice president of operations Western Union in Costa Rica, added “education is the foundation of a successful future, and Western Union is committed to partnering with the Costa Rican community to further strengthen these types of programs.”

About the Western Union Foundation

The Western Union Foundation began in 2000 as a philanthropic organization to facilitate charitable giving programs worldwide. Through the donations of The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), its employees and Agents, the Foundation helps to fund programs that enhance the quality of life for those most in need around the world. Since 2001, the Western Union Foundation, in collaboration with Western Union Agents and employees, has granted nearly $45 million to more than 1,500 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 70 countries around the globe to support humanitarian projects. In addition, the Foundation has supported more than 50 disaster-relief operations and has funded education and human services programs. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.

About Western Union

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is the world’s leader in global money transfer services. Together with its affiliates, Orlandi Valuta and Vigo, Western Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, as well as send payments and purchase money orders. It operates through a network of more than 345,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services the original Western Union dates back to 1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.
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