Conflict/Disaster Relief

La Fundación Budista Tzu Chi (TZUCHI), established by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in 1966 in Taiwan with the help of thirty housewives each saving fifty cents whenever she could, today works with chari . . .table, educational, health, cultural and environmental missions. Wishing that every day the world would suffer fewer disasters and that society would be full of peace and harmony.

The Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral (IDDI) was founded and incorporated in 1984, under Decree No. 2067, during the Presidency of Doctor Salvador Jorge Blanco. It was created in order to . . .overcome the effects of poverty in rural and urban areas, and is comprised of men and women working together with people in communities who are interested in improving their lives and those of their neighbors.
IDDI has the following departments:
• Social Promotion: Focuses on topics such as Training and Community, Environmental and Vocational Organization; Child Advocacy and Literacy.
• Health: Primary Health Care, Health Education, Maternal and Child Health, Prevention of HIV / AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health.
• Physical Projects: Infrastructure, Sanitation, Community Housing and Construction Equipment.
• Microcredit Center: Micro-credit business and vocational technical training.
• BioIDDI: Research, biofuels, watershed management, reforestation, soil conservation.
• Sustainability Center: IDDI initiatives with the private sector with support from the following companies: Karaya, S.A., Blue Nile, S.A., Almacenes de Mercancías CAMI, Cocina Industrial, Hospital Paraíso, Dominican Renewables y CBCX.
Since IDDI’s inception it has been collaborating with the various divisions of the Dominican government, both at the municipal and state level. Furthermore, it aims to develop a corporate strategy based on collaboration with both the international and private sector.
Among the many initiatives IDDI promotes, we would like to highlight: [EcoCiclo[/b], a program that collects recyclable material; Repapel, promoting products made from 100% recycled paper; Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, which is focused on strengthening governance, building local capacity, promoting research and training of human resources; Risk Management Unit, which aims to guide, control and direct the actions of Risk and Emergency Management; Youth Unit, whose overall objective is to promote, develop and provide young people in vulnerable areas with a space for personal growth by promoting healthy lifestyles.

El Instituto Dominicano de Estudios Virológicos (IDEV) is a Dominican non-profit organization which was originally founded to run clinical trials with new molecules for the Human Immunodeficiency Vi . . .rus (HIV). It has branched out to now include education, out-patient services, and special units for Men Having Sex with Men (MSM) and those not speaking Spanish. As stated in its name, it works with all viruses, especially HIV, hepatitis virus and papillomavirus. IDEV is among the units for comprehensive care which offers full HIV medicine through the National Program administered by the Dominican Ministry of Health.

More than a commercial center, AGORA Mall is the new heart of Santo Domingo which reflects the commercial, social, entertainment, cultural, artistic and athletic lives of this city and our visitors a . . .nd clients. AGORA Mall has become not only the preferred place for Dominicans to do their shopping, but also a community to which our people feel proud to belong.

Since our creation by the UN in 1965, in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) we have concentrated on helping to strengthen national capabilities around the planet. We have a global netwo . . .rk that promotes Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), human rights and gender equality, and we offer technical assistance with the goal of reaching sustainable human development taking into account the priorities of each country.

TECHO is an organization that is present in Latin America and the Caribbean which seeks to overcome the circumstances of poverty in which thousands of people live in precarious settlements, through t . . .he collective action of the inhabitants and young volunteers. TTECHO Dominican Republic becomes an active NGO on 2009.