Santo Domingo.- The Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, supervised this Thursday the delivery process of another 32,830 cooked food rations, continuing with the commitment to bring quality food to Dominican homes during these Christmas holidays.
“President Luis Abinader’s commitment is to continue raising the quality of life and ensuring that opportunities are equal for all Dominicans,” the vice president said during her tour.
The rations were dispensed through the Economic Kitchens, from the main headquarters, in San Vicente de Paúl, Los Mina, to the community members in the area.
In addition, the Pro-Desarrollo de mi Barrio foundations, Margarita Cultura and Monseñor Rogelio Cruz, received the food for immediate consumption; roast pork and chicken, pigeon peas, salad, sheet cakes, apples, grapes, teleras and Christmas sweets.
For his part, the director of the Economic Kitchens, Edgar Feliz, guided the vice president’s tour and introduced the vice president to the main actors of the institution, who strive every day, and have worked tirelessly this Christmas so that each Dominican family get quality and tasty food.
Christmas Lunch of Change
More than 15 billion portions have been distributed in the Christmas buffets of the Christmas of Change so far, with an investment of RD$1.2 billion pesos for the program, which ends next December 31, although the mobile kitchens are They will extend until January 1, in the event of the Battle of Faith.
Also, more than 9 thousand requests from social organizations for Christmas lunches and dinners were attended to.
There have been 40 lunches led by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña, who shared with community members from all over the country the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Jesus and family unity.
Visit to the elderly
The acting president also visited the Residencia Bethania nursing home, in Santo Domingo Este, where she shared with the elderly and supervised the delivery of 150 portions of cooked food.
Some 39 elderly people are housed in the Betania nursing home, who range between 65 and 97 years old, and they also received five boxes of grapes, five boxes of apples, coconuts, Christmas sweets and 50 teleras.
The seniors shared drawing activities with the vice president and showed their fine motor skills through knitting stitch by stitch.
In addition, they talked with Raquel Peña about her days inside the ranch and one of the inmates offered a recital in Spanish and English, commemorating the special moment with the elderly.
