Facilities
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| In the Dominican Republic, the Dominican SOS Children’s Villages, care
for 300 children and 52 youth and have six projects:
• SOS
Children's Village, Los Jardines del Norte
• SOS Children's Village, Los Mina
• SOS Children's Village, Santiago de
los Caballeros
• Youth
Houses
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- Ensanche La Fe
- Costa Criolla
- Alma Rosa I
- Alma Rosa II
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• SOS
Hermann Gmeiner Kindergarten and Primary School, Los Mina
• SOS Hermann Gmeiner Medical Center, Los Mina |
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| SOS CHILDREN’S VILLLAGE, LOS JARDINES DEL NORTE
The first Dominican Village located in Los Jardines del Norte, was founded
right after Hurricane David that lashed the Dominican Republic in 1979.
The Dominican Government donated the land. There are 15 family houses
and 142 children. It has sports and recreational areas, study hall
and library.
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| SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE, LOS MINA
In 1982 the SOS Association purchased land in the Los Mina area, and
in 1984 the SOS Children’s Village, the SOS Hermann Gmeiner Kindergarten
and Primary School, and the SOS Hermann Gmeiner Medical Center were
inaugurated. This village has 17 family houses with 160 children.
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| SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGE, SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS
The Dominican SOS Children’s Villages began the construction of
a third SOS Village in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in September
2002. This Village will have 15 family houses with capacity to house
150 children, and will have a multiuse hall, and an SOS Kindergarten
and Primary School for 400 students and an administrative building.
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| SOS YOUTH HOUSES
The Dominican SOS Children’s Villages have four Youth Houses,
located in different areas of the city of Santo Domingo: Ensanche La
Fe, Costa Criolla, Alma Rosa I, Alma Rosa II
Two houses are for boys and two for girls. Each house has an Educator
who is responsible for the good functioning of the household and supervises
the youth in residence. Between the four houses there is capacity to
board 50 youth.
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| SOS HERMANN GMEINER KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
The SOS Hermann Gmeiner Kindergarten and Primary School, has capacity
for 425 students from both SOS Children’s Villages and the neighbouring
children from Los Mina. The children from the SOS Village of Los Jardines
are transported daily and the distance between both villages is approximately
10 kilometers. The School has double shifts, one in the morning and
one in the afternoon. It has 3 kindergarten classroom and 9 primary
classrooms, a multiuse hall, sports areas, computer classroom, and
classrooms for languages, sewing, arte, handicrafts, beautician and
a dining room/kitchen. The children receive a daily free snack. The
teachers who teach at our school are highly qualified so as to assure
that our children receive the best academic foundation in order to
continue their studies. The students’ academic level is very
good, and when the finish the primary education they can be admitted
in the best high schools in the city.
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| SOS HERMANN GMEINER MEDICAL CENTER
The SOS Medical Center is located in the Los Mina SOS Children’s
Village, and it has three consulting rooms, and an odontologist room,
laboratory, drug store and emergency room, a vaccination room and a conference
hall. Four doctors give service in pediatrics, gynecology, general medicine,
and once a month in ophthalmology as well as two dentists. The Los Mina
area is very poor and overcrowded with families of little economic resources,
making our medical center very important for the health of these inhabitants.
Our medical consultations are offered at a very low cost, and the drugstore
sells medication at only 10% over the original price. An average of 28,900
check-ups are performed annually. Doctors also give medical guidance
lectures to the students of the SOS School and the neighbouring community
members.
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