Capotillo slum area to be turned around

[Dolores]

Philip Morris is helping to fund an effort of the Ministry of Interior & Police and the National Police in the Barrio Capotillo of the National District. The neighborhood is best known as a slum area where many criminals live and operate. The effort will be carried out in collaboration with the Dominican Institute of Integral Development (IIDI) and seeks to reinforce citizen security and create a model for other neighborhoods.

The social workers and the police will work with social institutions already active in the barrio and with merchants, including to mototaxi service providers.

Minister of the Presidency Joel Santos Echavarria, in making the announcement, called the upcoming effort a strategic plan to strengthen social coexistence in the populous neighborhood in the capital city.

He explained that it is a 12-month pilot project, which entails work...

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[JD Jones]

Grabbing the bull by the horns.

 

[AlterEgo]

Grabbing the bull by the horns.

Mr AE said “Lots of luck”.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Ensanche Capotillo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This neighborhood is populated in particular by individuals from the Working class.Wikipedia

I had never heard of it until today. I don't think I've ever been there. I looked on a map and it's northwest of the Kennedy expressway.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I had never heard of it until today. I don't think I've ever been there. I looked on a map and it's northwest of the Kennedy expressway.

Thanks for the link.

 

[keepcoming]

Mr AE said “Lots of luck”.

Pretty much what my FIL said, he does not believe it's possible. He said the "criminal element" is embedded too deeply there for it to change. But who knows...

 

[Big]

willie pete will solve the problem

 

[JD Jones]

Mr AE said “Lots of luck”.

They're going to need it. It is a no man's land within itself where even the police don't enter unless it in great numbers.