Despite the fact that President Luis Abinader eliminated the Office of the First Lady, Raquel Arbaje, wife of the current Head of State, has taken advantage of her position during almost six months of government to promote social policies and channel aid to dozens of needy or marginalized people .
Storm Laura was the first natural disaster of Abinader’s administration. The atmospheric phenomenon, which occurred in September 2020, caused Luz Vanessa, a mother of three children, to lose her trousseau as a result of the floods. After visiting her and learning about her situation, the First Lady channeled the delivery of beds, fans, refrigerator, stove and television to the family.
During the month of October, the “Prevenir es Vivir” breast cancer detection sessions were held, in which Arbaje promised to provide follow-up to each case detected. According to journalistic records, 1,500 women were impacted, of which 255 will be subjected to more exhaustive examinations.
In that same month, when the presidential couple found out about the conditions of Yocairy Amarante, a young woman who was attacked with devil’s acid on the alleged orders of her ex-partner, both agreed to provide the necessary support for reconstructive surgeries.
In November, they presented a program together with the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA), in which single women manage grocery stores and commercialization points for agricultural products, while the rest of the community has access at low cost. They also have flexible loans that they will pay with what they will produce.
The first of them was inaugurated in Los Alcarrizos.
Hilda Peguero, an 85-year-old woman whose ailments keep her prostrate at home caring for her children, stopped receiving the almost 8,000-peso pension that the State gave her after 51 years as an employee in the Ministry of Public Health.
After LISTÍN DIARIO published the story of Mrs. Guerrero, the First Lady of the Republic was interested in the case and expressed that she would personally be in charge of channeling the aid.
At the end of the third month in office, a girl named Leticia expressed, through a video, her desire to visit the National Palace. In the same way, the First Lady invited her to light the Christmas tree of the place.
In October, Arbaje met Jesús Manzueta, who for years has worked in cane fields and by the end of November he granted him a new house.
In addition, together with the National Housing Institute (INVI), the First Lady handed over four homes to vulnerable families residing in the Jaquimeyes de Barahona sector on November 30.
Among those families was a lady named Yesenia, who asked a month before for a new roof for her relatives, who lived in a house made of wood and zinc, with cardboard windows.
On the occasion of International Disability Day, on December 3, the First Lady gave a financial contribution to the Fundación Manos Unidas por el Autismo, directed by Odile Villavizar.
Through social networks, a cameraman named Alex Villegas, a cancer patient, asked the First Lady for help with his treatment and that he wanted her to visit him at the Rosa Emilia Sánchez Pérez de Tavares National Cancer Institute (Incart).
Arbaje came to meet him and they prayed together. But a day later, Villegas passed away and the presidential family set out to order.
During a reforestation day held in Villa Altagracia, the first lady “invited herself to a coffee” in the courtyard of a peasant woman. On that occasion the lady told him that she wanted to have a home in better condition, as well as some pigs to support herself. Subsequently, a new house and pigsty were built for him.
On Christmas Eve, Arbaje went to the Najayo Mujeres Penitentiary in San Cristóbal, where in addition to talking and sharing with the inmates, he gave them several computers so that they could take virtual classes.
According to a publication made on the Twitter account of the president’s wife, the teams belonged to the former Office of the First Lady. There, Arbaje assured to leave with the commitment to ensure the social reintegration of these women.
On the Three Kings Day, Raquel Arbaje allocated Christmas bonuses to the parents of infants admitted to the Maternity Hospital of La Altagracia, the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital and the Hugo Mendoza Children’s Hospital.
In January 2021, he helped Nurys Henry, who worked as a street sweeper and bottle collector at the Los Alcarrizos Mayor’s Office. Henry, who did other businesses to increase his income, was able to start a grocery store where he sells fruits and vegetables with the support of FEDA.
Following a publication made in LISTIN DIARIO about Griselda Ceballos’ desire to continue her treatment for breast cancer and regain her health, Arbaje came to her aid and channeled coverage for her treatment through the Senasa insurance.
One of her most recent aid was made on February 1, the First Lady was in Villa Linda, where the Frías Nivar family lost two of its members when the rains of Storm Laura and the overflow of a glen caused the collapse of a wall in your home. There, Arbaje gave Claritza Frías a new home.
According to Arbaje, hundreds of millions of pesos from the old Office, eliminated by President Abinader, have been assigned to social projects and, especially, to help single women or women in situations of violence.
These are just some of the aid that the First Lady has allocated, since she has also managed the support for complaints made by social networks, as well as has demonstrated support for social causes such as the prohibition of child marriage or the defense of women victims of sexual assault. In addition, it has participated in days of reforestation and beach cleaning.
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