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.
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.

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.
The PBO pursues and fulfils its mission through three pillars:
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.
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.
Every year the Patronato publishes the report of its management. These documents set out the accounts, the programmes and the results of the year.
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.
We are the Patronato Benéfico Oriental. Ask me about any of our projects, about our history since 1976, about how to donate or volunteer, or about the phone numbers and addresses of each of our sites.
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