President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla attended a ceremony marking the start of construction of the third Comprehensive Care Center for children with Special Needs (CAID) yesterday, Thursday 19 February 2015 at Km 5 of the Azua-San Juan de la Maguana road. The center will cater to children under the age of 10 with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and speech, hearing and sight difficulties. It will be built with a contribution from the Taiwanese government. “Children with special needs have a special place in the concerns of the President’s Office and of my own,” said Montilla.
During his visit to the southwest, President Medina also attended the inauguration of a vocational training center operated by Infotep, with more than US$8 million in funding also donated by Taiwan.
The center has three industrial buildings measuring 255 square meters each, where students will learn how to repair microcomputers, receive training in food and beverage handling, green energy, packaging and labeling and welding.
Taiwan ambassador Tomas Ping Fu-Hou described the center as the most modern in Central America and the Caribbean. “The center will create more jobs and contribute to the region’s progress,” he said. Minister of Labor Maritza Hernandez and the Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo also attended the event.
President Medina was also at the opening of the new 11-classroom Emeterio Mateo Mesa high school in El Rosario and the 18-classroom high school in Corbano Norte, in Vallejuelo, San Juan province. Both schools, which will be joining the extended school day programs, were built at a cost of RD$81.87 million.
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