Santo Domingo, RD.
President Luis Abinader led the inauguration ceremony of the first volunteers from the health and culture areas on Thursday with the goal of “initiating co-governance with civil society”.
The sworn volunteers will work in six hospitals and five museums.
The hospitals are the Arturo Grullón, Estrella Ureña, Robert Reid, Hugo Mendoza, while the museums of modern art, natural history, history and geography, colonial zone, Dominican Man, in addition ADOVOH, INCART and CECANOT.
The president stressed that from now on, all citizens who wish to do so will be able to help ensure that things are done right, in addition to their talent in hospitals, schools, social centers and all sectors of the country.
He recalled that about two months ago, the Public Institutions Volunteer Management Committee was established with the aim of registering and facilitating the creation, organization, operation and achievement of the goals of all volunteers in the country.
“As I said at the inauguration of the Volunteer Management Committee, there is a sentence that describes the spirit of it very well; “It’s not what I do, it’s why I do it” and in these fine words there is a deep ethical sense and also a great social impact, ”added Abinader.
According to Abinader, the management will continue to train and support volunteers in other sectors such as the environment with national parks and in the sports sector through fields and sports centers.
Also in the field of education with high schools and schools across the country, aiming to create synergy between citizens and government to work as a team and maintain the good use of these institutions, ensuring an optimal user experience.
“We wanted the task of governing together to be not just a slogan, but a tangible reality that came true and that all Dominican citizens wanted to participate in public administration,” the president said.
In the activity they accompanied the President, the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña; the administrative ministers of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza; of Health, Daniel Rivera; of Culture, Carmen Heredia; of the Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera; of the National Health Service, Mario Lama, Director of the National Health Service, and the Chairman of the Volunteer Management Committee, José Miguel Bonetti.