The director of the Comedores Economicos, the government-run mess halls, Ramon Rodriguez announced yesterday, Wednesday 17 December 2014 that they are preparing Christmas dinner for 387,500 Dominicans throughout the country’s 31 provinces and the National District at a cost of RD$140 million. Rodriguez said that they would start serving the meals this Saturday 20 December and continue until Tuesday 23 December. He stressed that the meals require logistics that are being worked out by the provincial governments and the community leaders of each province and municipality.
He announced that some 155 stations have been organized to serve 2,500 people each in the southern region on Saturday, 20 December. Rodriguez said that on Sunday 21 December the meals would reach the poorest people in the eastern region. On Monday 22 December, the Cibao region will be served and on Tuesday, 23 December the poorest families from the province of Santo Domingo and the National District will receive the dinner.
He pointed out that 16 companies, mostly micro, small and medium-sized businesses, took part in the tender for acquiring the supplies that are being used to prepare the meals.
The Comedores Economics will continue their usual programs for serving free cooked meals to thousands of poor people every day.
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