The Minister of Social Development (MIDES) María Inés Castillo provided details of the “Cuidarte Program” that will benefit more than 1,200 boys and girls from areas of difficult access between the ages of 6 and 36 months in order to promote the integral development of the first This is achieved through alliances with the United Fund of Panama, Nutre Hogar, Fundación Atenas and the Inter-American Development Bank.
“With this program you have a community environment that is important to emphasize that allows us to reach areas of difficult access where we do not have early childhood services such as the Caipis. Rather, we reach these children through their families, through community teachers who are the ones who carry out this program in all the communities with these foundations,” said Minister Castillo.
This program seeks to recognize the leading role that the family has in the care, upbringing, education and development of children, guaranteeing their fundamental rights such as: identity, health, initial education and nutrition.
Solidarity Panama Voucher
On the possibility that the Solidarity Voucher program will continue for the year 2023, Minister Castillo stressed that it is being studied and evaluated by the inter-ministerial commission of the Panama Solidarity plan for the evaluation of the President of the Republic, she also said that before the end of This meeting is expected to be held this year and the results will be made known to the population.
