To respond to a need detected among our communities and workers in 2019, we created the Art and Culture Competitive Fund, a contest open to company workers and cultural groups interested in presenting their projects for financing. The areas covered by these contributions are: Creation and dissemination of books and reading; Editing and dissemination of artistic and cultural audiovisual material; Promotion and development of music, dances and dances, in their different expressions; and Creation and dissemination of crafts

At the foot of the Láscar volcano, at more than 3 meters above sea level, the indigenous community of Talabre fulfilled a long-awaited dream: The inauguration of two tourist viewpoints located in the sectors of Saltar and Talabre Viejo, whose initiative was supported by SQM and which seeks to develop tourism in the area with the purpose of diversifying the economy of this town, which since the dawn of its settlement has been dedicated to livestock and cultivating the land. The viewpoints were made with rock from the sector so as not to impact the infrastructure or the heritage value of the town. In addition, it has benches, a wind retaining wall, a table and informative signage. The community of Talabre actively participated in the design and construction, who together with SQM focused on generating a space for panoramic viewing of the sector and the Láscar volcano.

The "Encounter of Lakitas: Ckoi Nisaya Ckhuri or The Voice of the Wind" is held in the town of Toconao, organized by the Lakitas Renacer Andino group and sponsored by SQM, which brought together more than one hundred exhibitors of this traditional musical genre, transforming to the Toconao square in a real party, full of color and melodies. This project seeks to promote and pass on the Atacama legacy to new generations in the area. Attendees for more than six hours are delighted with this carnival starring the lakitas Ckuri Ticka and Estrella Andina from San Pedro de Atacama; Lakitas del Carmen de Conchi Viejo; Children of the North of Rio Grande; Lakitas Amautas from the Lasana Valley. They were joined by the hosts Renacer Andino de Toconao, among others.

Casa Telar is a project promoted by Fundación ONA and SQM, and its objective is to commemorate textile art and the ancestral knowledge of the Lickanantay culture. 2019 was marked by significant progress in the program, mainly in the work groups of the communities of Toconao, Socaire, Larache and Talabre, with the fundamental objective of enhancing the Lickanantay Atacameño textile industry. In San Pedro de Atacama, in the town of Toconao, the first Textile Art Documentation Center operates, a place that complements the work carried out by the women who participate in this initiative, which seeks to contribute to preserving the textile heritage of the inhabitants of the commune.

With the signature of SQM, and the president of the Atacameño Community of Toconao, the agreement for the official delivery of the facilities of the former camp that SQM had located in Toconao was sealed. I consider this process that began a few years ago to be coordinated work with the community, highlighting the active participation of the people of the Toconao community. Among the milestones associated with the work are: the delivery of the architectural project for the development of the tourist complex, the implementation of the specialty committees made up of people from the community, which define elements as important as the brand, tourist products, interior design, among other elements. with which the new hotel space will have. At the same time, a work table will be established to define agreements for the transfer and accompaniment.

This project for hydroponic production began in 2016 in the community of Socaire, as a research center for the area, to identify the best crop species and varieties to produce locally with hydroponic technology. Currently, 6.000 lettuces are produced per month, in 1.000m2 of effective surface, this allowed the community to employ 4 workers permanently during the year 2019. The program was replicated in the community of Talabre and was expanded to the production of fruit and leaf crops in living substrate, allowing the inclusion of 5 traditional farmers. In the 2019 period, the program focused on improving and repairing infrastructure and the construction of civil works to support production, maintaining technical assistance and monitoring production.

Started in 2008 in Talabre, this program began with the planting of 0,2 ha. Technified sprinkler irrigation with the aim of improving water efficiency and crop production. With the improvement validated by farmers and the community in 2011, the program is expanded with support from the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation, for research and training of the emerging project. In 2019, the orientation of the work was to establish the alfalfa plots of sector 3 and standardize the irrigation system. The alfalfa production had a yield of 3 cuts during the season, reaching a yield of 12 the first cut, 15 the second and 20 the third cut.

The 2019 activities for the cultivation of garlic in Río Grande consisted of support for the disinfection of plots with products with minimal impact on the local ecosystem and with the review during the cycle of the progress of diseases already detected. The garlic production campaign had 23 participants, of whom 15 dedicated themselves to this production and the others to planting rotation crops to reduce the presence of diseases. Production levels remained at an average 70% per hectare, obtaining a high positive impact for the community. In 2019, the Hierbas Buenas field dependent on the Río Grande community was included, which has 30 ha. to cultivate and in which the first support works in civil works were carried out.

Within the framework of SQM's Atacama Tierra Fértil program, a group of 18 farmers from the Celeste, Toconao, San Pedro de Atacama and Socaire sectors produce wine above 2.400 meters of altitude. In 2020, the eighth harvest of Ayllu wine was carried out, which in Kunza means "community" and which reflects the desire to develop the wine industry in conditions that are not traditional, with modern techniques and advice from national and international experts. The Ayllu is a signature wine, each label bears the number of square meters of the vineyard, the number of vines on its property, the bottles produced per year and the meters above sea level of said production. These characteristics have been positioning it for its commercialization in hotels and restaurants in the Antofagasta Region. Currently, the 18 families that make up the project are grouped under the Cooperativa de Viñateros de Altura, they produce wines from the strains: Chardonnay, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Malbec, Moscatel, the traditional País strain and the recently presented Sauvignon Gris.