First Lady Candida Montilla left yesterday, 22 April 2014, for New York, where she will receive the 2014 Humanitarian Award to be presented by the Morristown Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce. She will then fly to Rome, Italy, where she will head up the Dominican delegation at the canonization of popes John XXIII and John Paul II on Sunday 27 April.
The Humanitarian Award recognizes the First Lady’s efforts in leading social outreach programs that target vulnerable populations in the Dominican Republic, benefiting the poor and the disabled. The award recognizes the First Lady’s commitment to improve the lives of people with disabilities is her leadership in the construction of the Integrated Attention Center for the Disabled (CAID). The award will be presented on Friday 25 April 2014 at the Morris Museum.
Montilla is accompanied by her assistant Luz Marina Alvarez; Rafael Ovalles, deputy communications director for the Presidency (DICOM) and Miguelina Raposo de Solis.
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