During his visit to honey and yautia producers in La Gina in northern Santo Domingo on Sunday, 20 July 2014, President Medina asked the residents to help the government locate people who do not know how to read and write and are not yet participating in the government literacy program.
The Presidency reports that President Medina highlighted that of 851,000 people identified as illiterate at the start of his term of office in August 2012, some 626,000 have learned to read or write or are taking part in the Quisqueya Learns with You program. As reported, the President is aware that there are still another 225,000 illiterate people over the age of 15 in the country. He asked for help in locating them so the government can meet its target of eradicating illiteracy in the country by December 2014. The President says that many have not registered in the program due to fear or shame.