La Romana. – A special delegation of 11 Ambassadors of the United Nations (UN) visited the facilities of the Hogar del Niño School in this city, on the occasion of the official trip that this mission has made to the Dominican Republic.
The group of UN diplomats was headed by Mr. José Blanco, Dominican ambassador to the organization based in New York, and they were received at the Hogar del Niño by Mrs. Xiomara Menéndez Dájer, President of the Patronato Benéfico Oriental (PBO), the entity that groups the educational, cultural and health programs that have been developed since its founding 48 years ago.
The UN commission was made up of the Ambassadors of Bahrain, Benin, Slovenia, Greece, Guyana, Indonesia, Kuwait, Libya, Malta and Tajikistan.
Upon arrival, the delegation enjoyed a lunch of typical Dominican food and then toured the Hogar del Niño school campus, an extensive and comprehensive center that daily provides quality and innovative education, nutrition (breakfast, lunch and dinner), psychological support, medical and dental care to more than 2,000 girls, boys and young people between 0-18 years old, from vulnerable communities in La Romana and the Eastern region of the country; being the only institution in said province and surrounding areas that offers inclusive education integrating Deaf children and those with special needs.
"The Hogar del Niño is not only a safe space for the academic and personal training of all our students, but we also seek to reinforce in them the individual capacities that each one has and that empower them to be citizens with purpose for the good of their communities," emphasized Xiomara Menéndez Dájer during the meeting.
The Hogar del Niño campus has a Nursery for newborns up to two years old, where they currently receive more than 250 babies, preparing more than 900 bottles daily; classrooms for Initial, Preschool, Primary and Secondary levels. They also have the National School for the Deaf, where they educate and comprehensively train more than 70 students in sign language. The Hogar del Niño also developed the classrooms of the "Makerspace" center, a space for technological development in robotics, programming, digital design and 3D printers.
In addition, the Patronato Benéfico Oriental launches other social programs such as the Instituto Técnico PBO, designed to promote and develop professional career prospects for young adults, starting at sixteen years of age; the Centro Diagnóstica Social, dedicated to service in the area of medical imaging diagnosis with the most modern high-tech equipment, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; and the PBO also has an educational scholarship program, managing to grant this benefit to 20% of Hogar del Niño school graduates, who stand out for their excellence obtaining honors degrees.
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