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in 24 of the world's 48 least-developed countries. Together with our strategic partners—the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Volunteer Program—we achieved that goal six months ahead of plan.
Additionally, our philanthropy efforts increased as employees donated more than $3 million in our first global food drive, supported programs such as Habitat for Humanity, and contributed to a variety of relief efforts around the world, including Netaid.org. To further demonstrate the power of the Internet to bring people and ideas together, we entered into a partnership with the Nobel Foundation to promote the Nobel Prize Program via the Internet.
In many ways, we have closed fiscal 2001 with a new level of understanding of our customers and a sharper focus on our future priorities. These include stretch objectives of growing as fast or faster than the market, managing our expenses to a conservative growth rate, and taking careful business risks while setting aggressive goals in all areas of our business, from productivity to profit contribution, market-share gains, and customer satisfaction. We want to ensure that Cisco is positioned for an eventual market and economic upswing.
In summary, customers remain our passion. By listening to their needs, sharing the value of the network, and delivering Internet-enabled business solutions, we believe we will have the opportunity to play a leading role in the Internet economy as it evolves and matures. We want to thank our shareholders, customers, employees, partners, and