DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Save the Children works in the Dominican Republic to improve children’s quality of life through interventions in the areas of health and nutrition, water and sanitation, education, risk reduction and advocacy for children’s rights.
OUR WORK Education: we seek to ensure that children have universal and nondiscriminatory access to basic education services and to high quality early childhood development centers.We also promote literacy skills development and healthy learning environments in schools. Child Rights Governance: we work in coordination with the central government to promote increased and effective public expenditure on children.We also work with local governments to include child-serving activities in municipal budgets.
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ DAJABÓN SANTIAGO ELÍAS PIÑA SAN JUAN DE LA MAGUANA AZUA
SANTO DOMINGO
HATO MAYOR SAN PEDRO DE MACORÍS
Protection: we work to protect children against all forms of child abuse, including child labor and commercial sexual exploitation.We focus on prevention and on strengthening the national child protection system. Poverty Reduction: we implement programs with a focus on livelihoods so that children, adolescents and their families can develop their skills and make a successful transition to adulthood. Health and Nutrition: we work to reduce infant mortality from preventable causes, chronic malnutrition and mortality from infectious diseases in children under five.We also promote access to sexual and reproductive health for adolescent girls, focused on reducing teen pregnancies. Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Response: we increase awareness on the potential impact of threats and implement prevention, mitigation and response actions in order to increase community resilience.We also work with communities to establish early warning systems and to develop strategies for livelihoods conservation.
2016 OUTREACH 69,154 people; 19,316 children and 49,838 adults Outreach by program area:
3,272
Child Protection
44,985 Education
7,460
Health & Nutrition
3,509
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Gender, resilience, multiculturalism and active participation of children and adolescents.
BUDGET 1,510,000
SUCCESS STORY
Yuleisi Yan, 17, high school student, La Balsa
Child Rights Governance
10,587 Other
OUR DONORS Until Save the Children came to my community, I did not know about human rights and how to interact with my parents. In my community we did not know about rights or how to have good communication with children. But now I can notice a change. Thanks to this project the young people realized their power to advocate and work in favor of the community
• Save the Children US • Save the Children Norway • Ege Haina • Coca-Cola Foundation • Ademi Foundation • INAIPI • Australian embassy in Mexico • FNPMR (National Fund for prevention, mitigation and response) • GSK • MINERD • USAID
#EveryLastChild Adolescents participation in public policy We are campaigning with adolescents to ensure their participation on public policy and promote social investment.