Santo Domingo, RD.
President Luis Abinader led this Thursday the swearing-in ceremony of the first volunteers in the areas of health and culture with the aim of launching “co-governance with civil society”.
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 can help ensure that things are done well, in addition to contributing their talent in hospitals, schools, social centers and all sectors of the country.
He recalled that about two months ago, the Management Committee of Volunteers of Public Institutions was created with the aim of registering and facilitating the creation, organization, operation and achievement of the purposes of all country volunteers.
“As I said in the inauguration of the volunteer management committee, there is a phrase that very well defines the spirit of this;” It’s not what I do, it’s why I do it “and in these beautiful words closes a deep ethical sense and also of great social repercussion “, added Abinader.
According to Abinader, the management committee will continue to work on training and supporting volunteers in other sectors such as the environment with national parks and in the sports sector through tracks and sports centers.
Also, in the areas of education with high schools and schools around the country, with the intention of achieving a synergy between citizens and the government to work as a team and preserve the good use of these institutions, ensuring an optimal experience. by the user.
“We wanted the task of governing together to be not just a slogan, but a tangible reality that materializes and that all Dominican citizens who so wish are involved in the management of public affairs,” 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 Pallissa; of Public Health, Daniel Rivera; of Culture, Carmen Heredia; of Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera; of the National Health Service, Mario Lama, director of the National Health Service, and the president of the Volunteer Management Committee, José Miguel Bonetti.