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INEFI delivers a massive amount of sports equipment to more than 100 schools in the country for the start of the school year

SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. – The National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI) carried out a simultaneous delivery of sports equipment in educational centers in different regions of the country, as part of its commitment to ensure that the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year is carried out with the necessary conditions to promote physical activity and student recreation. You may be interested in:Dominican delegation seeks first place in the second edition of the NACAM Games The deliveries covered schools in Santiago, San Cristóbal, La Vega, Higüey, Puerto Plata, Barahona, Santo Domingo Este, Mao, Nagua, Monte Cristi and Gran Santo Domingo, impacting thousands of students in more than a hundred schools and high schools. INEFI's CEO, Alberto Rodríguez, led a delivery at the Juan Pablo Duarte High School, in the National District, highlighting that said supply is part of the plan to strengthen physical education and school sports throughout the Dominican Republic. "With this action, we reaffirm that school sports are a priority of the government of President Luis Abinader. We want every student, regardless of the region in which they live, to have access to the equipment and material necessary to practice sports, because that means health, integration, and better development opportunities," Rodríguez said. Meanwhile, former Major League Baseball player Nelson Cruz did the same in 10 schools in Regional 13 corresponding to Monte Cristi province.

Schools Benefited by Region

Santiago de los Caballeros (Regional 08)
Venezuela School, Pilar de Jesús Domínguez Martes Educational Center, Profesor Ramón López Educational Center, Doctor Arturo Grullón School, José de Jesús Jiménez Almonte Polytechnic, Madre Teresa de Calcuta Educational Center, Altagracia Iglesia de Lora Polytechnic Institute, Luis Napoleón Núñez Molina School, José German Sánchez Puello Educational Center, Don Juan Hernández Polytechnic. San Cristóbal (Regional 04)
Santa Rita Parish School, Salomé Ureña, Mercedes Muñoz, Enedina Puello Renville, Juan Pablo Pina, Ysolina Pérez, José Núñez de Cáceres, Ana Liliam Miranda, Prof. Ampara García, Juan María de Jesús Villanueva. La Vega (Regional 06)
Elena Mejía Amézquita School, El Guabal Educational Center, Trina de Moya Educational Center, Federico García Godoy, Burende High School, El Carmen La Torre High School, Juan Pablo Duarte Educational Center, Ramón del Orbe, Pontón Primary School, Monsignor Francisco Panal High School, Padre La Marche. Higüey (Regional 12)
La Salle de Higüey, Josefa Guzmán School, Profesora Silvia Sosa School, Pajarito School, José Joaquín High School, Baptist Educational College, Punta Pescadora School, Carmen Nathalia School, Barrio Lindo Elementary School, Freddy Gatón Arce Elementary School, Punta de Garza School. Puerto Plata (Regional 11)
Antera Mota High School, Eduardo Brito School, San Antonio María Claret School, Martina Shelter School, 20-30 School, Leovigildo Lendof Cruz Educational Center, Isabel Reyna Ulloa Educational Center, Juan Guzmán Educational Center, Cabia Elementary School, Juan B. Osaría Educational Center. Barahona (Regional 01)

Liceo Católico Tecnológico de Barahona (LICATEBA), Anaima Tejeda Chapman School, Academia Franciscana Primary School, José A. Robert High School, Alvida Marina Santana Primary School (El Tanque), María Montés School, Apolonio Ledesma High School, Federico Henríquez y Carvajal Art and Academic High School, Virgilio Peláez School, Leonol Feliz School. Santo Domingo Este (Regional 10)
Fabio Amable Mota Arts Center, El Paraíso Community Center, Profesora Felicita Eleuterio School, El Despertar, Alma Rosa Chothen, Elvira de Mendoza School, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Minerva Mirabal High School, Rafael Américo Henríquez School. Mao (Regional 09)
Leonidas Ricardo Educational Center, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Polytechnic, Graciela Reyes Tineo School, Santa Teresita Educational Center, César Nicolás Penson High School, Mao Entrance, Prof. Aracelis Ramírez Brea, María Leaquina Rodríguez High School, Cristóbal Colón School, Rev. Eduvigis Aurelio Núñez, María Aracelis Moronta.

Nagua (Regional 14) –

Centro Educativo Belén, Liceo Ángel María Hernández, Liceo Profesor Juan Emilio Bosch Gaviño, Politécnico Miguel Santiago Yanguela Gómez, Liceo Domingo Antonio Tejada, Liceo Profesora Hilaria de Castro, Liceo Berca Morel Castillo, Liceo Las Garitas, Liceo El Pozo, Liceo Antonio de León Lantigua. Monte Cristi (Regional 13)
Las Matas Educational Center, Johnatan Fitzgerald Kennedy Educational Center, Olga Modesta Polytechnic, TV Centro Las Agüitas, Rafael Díaz Nie, Ranchadero School, José Gabriel García School, San José High School, Francisco Ureña Canela, Carmen Digna Alejo. Santo Domingo (Regional 15)
Juan Pablo Duarte High School, Soraya Valentina School, Víctor Estrella Liz Polytechnic, Salomé Ureña School, Republic of Honduras School, Otilio Virgil Díaz School, Rafael Alberto Pérez High School, Justo Caba Polytechnic, Patria Mirabal School, Republic of Paraguay High School, Tony Turbíde High School.

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