DR Red Cross signs agreement

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Red Cross has signed an agreement with the Spanish and Haitian Red Cross and with the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI). The agreement is for a program of natural disaster linked risk reduction programs and will cover seven provinces in the southern part of the DR. The agreement will last three years and has a budget of EUR125 million for the execution of projects in the provinces of Azua, San Juan de la Maguana, Elias Pina, Bahoruco, Independencia, Barahona and Pedernales. A similar program will be developed on the Haitian side of the border. As part of the agreement two SUVs and seven motorcycles have been donated to the Red Cross.

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