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Patronato Benéfico Oriental

About Us

Patronato Benéfico Oriental Inc. (PBO) is a non-profit organisation founded on 7 February 1976 in La Romana, at the initiative of Xiomara Dájer de Menéndez.

Xiomara Dájer de Menéndez, fundadora del PBO, junto a su hija Xiomara Menéndez Dájer
Xiomara Dájer de Menéndez, founder of the Patronato, with her daughter Xiomara Menéndez Dájer, president since 2005.

Our purpose is to provide access to quality education, medical care, economic growth and integral development for the girls and boys of vulnerable communities in the city and province of La Romana and the surrounding areas. We do this through our flagship programme, the Hogar del Niño, which gave rise to the PBO and established an integral model of support that transforms lives and builds opportunities for the future.

Three strategic pillars

The PBO pursues and fulfils its mission through three pillars:

  • Education, aimed at integral formation.
  • Health, devoted to promoting, preventing and caring for physical, mental and social well-being.
  • Community Assistance, focused on supporting and strengthening the vulnerable communities our students come from, without limiting its reach exclusively to them.

Mission, vision and values

Our mission

To transform and empower vulnerable communities through self-sustaining projects focused on education and health, so as to provide the tools they need for long-term socio-economic development.

Our vision

The PBO envisions a community with access to quality education, medical care, economic growth and integral development. The goal is to reach communities nationally and internationally through self-sustaining projects.

Our values

  • Integridad
  • Solidaridad
  • Respeto
  • Independencia
  • Inclusión

Transparency

Every year the Patronato publishes the report of its management. These documents set out the accounts, the programmes and the results of the year.

Photos of the board of directors

The board of directors of the Patronato Benéfico Oriental is made up of members of the La Romana community who sustain the institution on a voluntary basis.

Xiomara Dájer de Menéndez Presidenta Emérita
Xiomara A. Menéndez Presidenta
Raquel Ginebra Vicepresidenta
Annie M. Bobadilla Secretaria
Dr. Leonardo Matos Vicesecretario
Katia Vilain Tesorera
Luis Emilio Rodríguez Vicetesorero
Dr. José Federico López Director
Andrea G. Brenes Vocal
Annie de Paniagua Vocal
Gala P. Matos Vocal
Erika X. Vilain Vocal
Jeannette Gonzalvo de Martínez-Lima Vocal
Jorge Sturla Vocal
Juan José Arteaga Vocal
Juan Velázquez Vocal
Manuel José Rodríguez Vocal
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