Aid: Supérate delivers Emergency Bonus to 1,766 families
The Supérate Social Development Directorate began delivering the Emergency Bonus to 1,766 families in Greater Santo Domingo, affected by the heavy rains and floods recorded last April, as part of the Adaptive Social Protection (PSA) strategy aimed at strengthening the resilience of vulnerable households to crises and climatic events.
The beneficiary families from Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo Oeste, and Pedro Brand received a contribution of RD$7,000 per household, totaling RD$12,362,000, intended to support the recovery of homes affected by the floods.
During the event, the general director of Supérate, Mayra Jiménez, highlighted that the delivery of the Emergency Bonus in these municipalities reflects the vision of a close Government that places those facing greater vulnerability at the center of public policies.
“That’s why social protection policies have been strengthened, so that whenever a family is affected by an emergency, they feel the support and backing of their Government, through all institutions and local authorities. Today, this Emergency Bonus complements that support, especially for those who lost everything, spent weeks unable to work, had to go into debt, or need to buy medicine,” Jiménez emphasized.
Meanwhile, the mayor of the municipality of Los Alcarrizos, Junior Santos, highlighted that, in addition to this delivery, the Government has implemented various actions to reduce the vulnerability of communities affected by the floods, which have enabled progress on important drainage and sanitation works.
He also reported that new interventions will be implemented in the coming days to mitigate further the risk of flooding in other sectors of the municipality.
He further stated that following the recent floods, the Government deployed a broad response, delivering more than 7,000 household appliances, thousands of household goods, more than 20,000 food rations, and other aid to affected families.
In that order, the authorities reported that in May, some 69,000 families were incorporated into the Bonoluz program, of which 3,500 belong to the municipality of Los Alcarrizos.
The Emergency Bonus was delivered on Friday, the 26th, at the Multipurpose Center of Los Alcarrizos. It will continue this Saturday, the 27th, at the Professor Germán Martínez High School in the Los Ríos sector of the National District, where mobile units of the Banco de Reservas have been deployed to facilitate the exchange in a safe and efficient manner.
In Santo Domingo Norte, the delivery to the beneficiary families will take place next week.
This delivery is based on the surveys and validation processes of the Single Beneficiary System (Siuben), using the Basic Emergency Form (FIBE) as a reference, with the objective of ensuring that assistance reaches households with the highest levels of impact and vulnerability.
The Emergency Bonus is part of the Dominican Government’s Adaptive Social Protection policy, designed to provide timely responses to vulnerable households in the face of emergencies, natural disasters, and unforeseen contingencies.
Supérate maintains broad social protection coverage in these municipalities. In Los Alcarrizos, the institution benefits 43,039 families; in Santo Domingo Oeste, 36,213 households; and in Pedro Brand, 13,813 families, for a total of more than 93,000 families receiving support through the government’s various social programs, such as Aliméntate, Bonogás, and Bonoluz.
