First Lady, Candida Montilla has presented over the First Prize in the Exemplary Mother Award 2014 to Ana Iris Caceres Santos, from Jima Abajo, La Vega.
A further 25 mothers from the capital and the National District were honored during the event held at the El Embajador Hotel in Santo Domingo on Monday 26 May, bringing the total number of women who have taken part in the event around the country to 100.
Montilla has already held ceremonies in Santiago for the north, Bani for the south and La Romana for the east.
Ana Iris Caceres Santos, the overall winner, said that she had raised her eleven brothers and sisters after they were all orphaned, and then her own three children. They are all contributing to society now, academically, in the community and as good human beings.
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