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Poverty July 19, 2019 | 8:43 am

USAID helps barrios prepare for hurricanes

Santo Domingo.- The cleanup of gullies and storm drains, construction of pedestrian walks and other works were inaugurated in the sprawling Simón Bolívar neighborhood of the National District by the Dominican Institute for Integral Development (IDDI) and the United States Agency for Development (USAID) as prevention (resilience) measures to deal with natural disasters. “The investment by US

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