The president of the Republic, Louis Abinaderinformed this Tuesday that by the end of this year they will be installed 100 community technology centers (CTC) in different towns of the country to train young people in technical careers within the framework of the “Opportunity 14-24” program promoted by the Government.
The president made the announcement after a tour of the Villa Mella CTC, North Santo Domingo in which he was accompanied by chargé d’affaires of the United States embassy in the country, Robert Thomas; the Administrative Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, and the person in charge of the Cabinet of Social Policies, Tony Peña Guaba.
He said that 39 of these centers have been installed so far in the Government and that by the end of the current administration there will be 150 in operation.
He argued that through the program, so far, 190 young people have created entrepreneurial projects with the financing of Promypime.
“We have already installed 39 since we came to the Government and we are going to continue until this year about 100 and we want about 150 until the end of the Government, where we are training young people of the so-called nini, who are those who do not study or work, but who now they are going to study in this program and they are going to be able to work,” said Louis Abinader.
He reported that the objective of the visit to the center was to show the program to the United States Embassy, which wishes to collaborate in this type of initiative.
“Opportunity 14-24”
“Opportunity 14-24” seeks to implement active policies for the promotion, defense of rights and reintegration into productive and educational activities, of adolescents and young people between the ages of 14 and 24 who are in a condition of high risk of social vulnerability due to group pressure, mistreatment, addictions, social insecurity, lack of employment, femicide, domestic violence and conflicts with the law, as reported at the beginning of the program.
