The Samaritan Foundation yesterday inaugurated the Villa Paraíso barrio where they have built 206 homes with an investment of more than US$2 million to benefit the poorest families in Sosúa, Puerto Plata. The houses have been donated to an equal number of families.
During the opening ceremony the last 28 homes built so far were handed out by President of the Samaritan Foundation, Arismendi Medina and with the collaboration of the Ben Sawatk, President of the Spruceland, a Canadian company, and his friends, who contributed more than US$1.5 million. "They are very poor people who have nothing, living in shacks and have begged for a house and we ask our Committee to investigate whether these people were really so poor, and said if they qualify as poor families and children, then they are placed in a list to await their number," said Elio Madonia, a Canadian citizen, founder and treasurer of the organization which has organized the project.
The beneficiary families did not have to contribute anything of economic resources, their only commitment after asking for housing was to prove that they were very poor.
