By Margarita Pilier | Project Coordinator
Dear Donor, please receive a warm greeting. We are writing to express our deepest thanks for your donation, contributions from donors like you provide the financial and moral support needed to accomplish our mission of providing a quality health center to the disabled children of the deprived communities of the La Altagracia province.
We truly appreciate your support !
To date the neurodevelopmental disorders treated in the CEDI are: Autism, behavioral disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders associated with medical condition (epilepsy, malnutrition and genetics), retardation psychomotor, cerebral palsy, learning disorder, emotional and/or mental disorders, intellectual disability and communication disorders, etc.
In the last 3 months the center has served 1, 328 patients, all of them by appointment
The areas with the highest flow of patients are: Early Care Therapy, Psychology, Behavioral Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Rehabilitation and Speech Therapy.
The most common medical cases are autism, cerebral palsy, psychomotor retardation, phonological disorders, neurodevelopmental disorder.
The center offers a welcoming and comprehensive space, with specialists highly trained, who incorporate the family into the treatment planning for these children, with the purpose of improve their living conditions and their level of social inclusion:
Services available from 8 am. at 4 pm. from Monday to Friday:
We have lately improved the administrative and financial processes (expenses, incomes, inventory, etc) by issuing and updating the procedures, in order to have greater operational efficiency
Recently the Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Development of the DR (MEPyD) published the 2025 Voluntary National Report and indicated that:
“The Dominican Republic reaffirms its commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda through an institutional and multisectoral process that has allowed for systematizing progress, identifying persistent gaps, and consolidating capacities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
Our country continues to make progress toward achieving the SDGs. The report highlights the contributions of the Grupo Puntacana Foundation to achieving SDGs 10 (UN 2030 Agenda) through our project, we mean the Center for Disabled Children.
SDG 10 - Reduction of Inequalities
The Dominican Republic participated in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (July 2025, New York) and presented the aforementioned Voluntary National Report.
https://hlpf.un.org/countries/dominican-republic
Please see page 92
We are very proud of this achievement, and you as a donor have contributed greatly to it.
There are still many needs to meet in terms of equipment; for example 1 electric treadmill for physical therapy, 1 medical software for the comprehensive management of the center, security cameras system, staff training and supplies, among others.
Given that it is the only center of its kind in the entire eastern region of the country and the demand of the population has been increasing, we hope to expand the facilities of the center in the near future.
We look forward to continue partnering with you in order to get these goals together
We will keep you informed about the progress of the project. If you have any comment, advice or question, please feel free to direct them to us and we will answer as best we can.
There is no way to fully express our gratitude for your support
Best wishes,
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