Project name:

COVID-19 Pandemic Special Support Program

Project location:

Dominicana

Sub-focus area:

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 3. Good Health and well-being

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AES Dominicana Foundation created a special contingency plan to help communities in the areas surrounding our power plants and throughout the country by distributing bio-safety health kits, food supplies and hospital assistance. We also collaborated with other institutions, including universities and NGOs, to develop innovative projects that could best address the unique challenges brought on by the pandemic. This included locally developing mechanical respirators and providing power supply to five hospitals focused on providing health services to COVID-19 patients.

Impact and Beneficiaries:

About 10,000 people in local communities received pandemic support

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

  • Zero hunger
  • Good health and well being
  • Reduced inequities