AMCHAMDR and the Inter-American Foundation activate his plan of donations

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AMCHAMDR, through its Corporate Social responsibility Committee, and the Inter American Foundation (IAF), activated Friday his plan of donations with resources from all joint fund to support projects of the development community program selected for 2011 for implementation this year. The activity took place in the morning in the Hall of Conference Patrick N. Hughson, at the headquarters of the American Chamber of Commerce.

Resources delivered in the Act amounted to US$ 32,000 a Fund for compensation amounting to US$ 50, 000. The beneficiaries belong to community organizations Base (OCB) and organizations non government (NGO) which submitted their applications to receive technical and financial support for the implementation underway projects seeking sustainable economic development of their communities.

This program seeks to identify proposals that have the potential to generate u000acapacities in communities. In addition, generating them practical benefits, strengthen their competitiveness and, above all, that they have self-sustaining capacity. The beneficiary projects are located in various communities of the provinces Espaillat, Samana, Bobwhite, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, San José de Ocoa, Barahona and San Juan de la Maguana.

Marcelino San Miguel Tió, Chairman of the Committee on Social responsibility, extolled the actions that the Committee supports at the institutional level to raise the funds with which these projects benefit. Among these are the realization of charitable events such as the dance of Gala held annually and this year will be held on October 4. The golf tournaments organized by the camera are another example: "Ambassador's Cup" in La Romana and the fair of Santiago and Jarabacoa.

Also workshops for the presentation of the agenda for development were conducted during the month of February u000aCommunity for the cycle that starts in this 2012. Different provinces of the country will have access to the information that will be shared in them, which will be offered in a manner free.

as part of the press conference, Julio V. Brache, President of AMCHAMDR, highlighted the work done by the Committee on corporate responsibility on vital issues for the development of the country, such as education and the empowerment of communities. "The most important contribution that we make through this program is continued support, for more than 30 years, offered to community development initiatives in the main provinces of the country." "Also, collaborate with the development of capacities and strengthening of these organizations", pointed out.