Laura Faxas, Dominican ambassador for Paris-based UNESCO, announced that executives from the French Ministry of Culture and the French firm Pactarin will be in Santo Domingo 16-20 May to present their proposal for the development of cultural programs and colonial monument conservation programs. The program would facilitate loans to the indigent persons who live in the colonial city to restore their homes. The program has been implemented successfully in the colonial area of Quito, Ecuador. Faxas says that the program proved that low-income people could be taught to value their cultural heritage and participate in the rescue of the many historical monuments that are gradually deteriorating because of lack of maintenance.
